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Princeton's WordNet
salp, salpanoun
minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end
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Salpa, also known as Salpidae, is a family of barrel-shaped marine planktonic tunicates (free-swimming invertebrates) found in the open ocean. They are known for their ability to form long chains of individual organisms. They feed by filtering particles from the water, thereby playing an essential role in the marine food chain and carbon cycling.
Webster Dictionary
Salpanoun
a genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix
Etymology: [NL.: cf. L. salpa a kind of stockfish.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Salpa
sal′pa, n. a remarkable genus of free-swimming Tunicates.—adjs. Sal′pian; Sal′piform.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of salpa in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of salpa in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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