salp

Thân thiện

A salp drifts through the clear ocean water.

Definition

Noun: A salp is a small, free-floating marine animal. It has a transparent, barrel-shaped body with an opening at each end. Salps are tunicates, a type of invertebrate chordate.

Usage

The word "salp" is a specific zoological term. It is used as a countable noun to refer to individual animals or groups of these organisms. * Scientists study salps to understand ocean food webs. * A large bloom of salps was observed off the coast. * The salp propels itself by pumping water through its body.

Advanced Usage

• Salp chain: Some salp species form long, connected chains or colonies that drift through the water.
  • The divers swam through a shimmering salp chain.

Variants and Related Words

• Salpa (n): An older or alternative scientific name for a salp.
• Salpian (adj): Relating to or resembling a salp.
• Thaliacean (n/adj): The scientific order () to which salps belong.

Synonyms

• Tunicate (n): The broader biological class () that includes salps, as well as sea squirts.
• Pelagic tunicate (n): A descriptive term highlighting its free-floating, open-ocean habitat.

Different Meanings

The word "salp" has no other common meanings in modern English. It refers exclusively to this type of marine organism.

Học thuật

Noun

1. minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end

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