·noun A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. ·see Illustration in Appendix.
salpa, ae, f., a kind of stock-fish , Plin. 9, 18, 32, § 68; Ov. Hal. 121. ...
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salpa ae, f a kind of stock-fish, O. ...
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