salp
/sælp/noun
1- a free-swimming marine invertebrate related to the sea squirts, with a transparent barrel-shaped body海樽。
1.1
- Several genera in the class Thaliacea, subphylum Urochordata.海樽纲中数属, 尾索动物亚门。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from French salpe, based on Greek salpē 'fish'.