salp

IPA: sˈæɫp

Any of the free-swimming tunicates of the order Salpida and its single family Salpidae.

Examples of "salp" in Sentences

On the other hand, each salp of the chain has within it a true egg-cell.
Oh, and the strange pram bugs that occupy salp tests…never mind, you need to read them all.
The original salp produced from the egg gives rise to many salps, which may either remain attached in a chain, or, breaking away from one another, may live separately.
Each salp of the aggregate form contains within it an embryo receiving nutrition from the mother by a connection similar to the placenta by which the embryo of a mammal receives nourishment from the blood of the mother.
The solitary salp produces in its interior a little stolon or diverticulum which contains an outgrowth from the circulatory system, and this stolon gradually becomes pinched off into the members of the chain of the aggregate form.