[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

salpa \sal"pa\ sa^l"p.a, n.; pl. l. salpae
   sa^l"p=e, e. salpas sa^l"p.az. nl.: cf. l.
   salpa a kind of stockfish. zool.
   a genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic
   tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. see
   illustration in appendix.
   1913 webster

   note: each species exists in two distinct forms, one of which
         lives solitary, and produces, by budding from an
         internal organ, a series of the other kind. these are
         united together, side by side, so as to form a chain,
         or cluster, often of large size. each of the
         individuals composing the chain carries a single egg,
         which develops into the solitary kind.
         1913 webster salpian
see also:
salpae salpas 

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