Crossword clues for salpa
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sculpin \Scul"pin\, n. [Written also skulpin.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus Cottus, or Acanthocottus, having a large head armed with several sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with yellow, brown, and black. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.
A large cottoid market fish of California ( Scorp[ae]nichthys marmoratus); -- called also bighead, cabezon, scorpion, salpa.
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The dragonet, or yellow sculpin, of Europe ( Callionymus lyra).
Note: The name is also applied to other related California species.
Deep-water sculpin, the sea raven.
Wiktionary
n. salp
WordNet
Wikipedia
Salpa may refer to:
- Salp, a free-floating tunicate.
- Salon Palloilijat, association football club from Salo, Finland.
- Salpa Line, a bunker line on the eastern border of Finland.
- The previous name of Seppa, a town in Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Usage examples of "salpa".
On the morning of the fourth day after the Acknowledgers had settled at Salpa Kala three hjjks appeared without warning, as though they had risen from the earth, and went unhesitatingly to Zechtior Lukin as he was supervising the raising of a tent.
The whole string of trailing individuals advanced in the completest balance of intention, like the remarkable creatures known as Chain Salpae, which, distinctly organized in other respects, have one will common to a whole family.