October 28th, 2013 at 1:47AM

victoriousvocabulary:

SALP

[noun]

(plural salps, salpa, salpae or salpa) a barrel-shaped, planktonic tunicate. It moves by contracting, thus pumping water through its gelatinous body. The salp strains the pumped water through its internal feeding filters, feeding on phytoplankton.

Etymology: Neo-Latin, special use of Latin salpa < Greek sálpē - kind of fish.

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