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Marine tunicate
Answer for the clue "Marine tunicate ", 4 letters:
salp
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Wiktionary
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n. Any of a group of free-swimming tunicates of the genus (taxlink Sarpa genus noshow=1)
WordNet
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n. minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end [syn: salpa ]
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] .
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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 ...
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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.