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Marine tunicate
Answer for the clue "Marine tunicate ", 4 letters:
salp
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end [syn: salpa ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of a group of free-swimming tunicates of the genus (taxlink Sarpa genus noshow=1)
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A salp (plural salps ) or salpa (plural salpae or salpas ) is a barrel-shaped, planktonic tunicate . It moves by contracting, thus pumping water through its gelatinous body. Salp jet propulsion is one of the most efficient in the animal kingdom. The salp ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Salp \Salp\ (s[a^]lp), n. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of Salpa , or of the family Salpid[ae] .
Usage examples of salp.
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As on other worlds, the ocean swarmed with copepods, salps, annelid worms, sponges, and jellyfish, and with squid, swallowers, sharks and other fishes higher on the food chain.