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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Salpa  \Sal"pa\  (s[a^]l"p[.a]),  n.;  pl  L.  {Salp[ae]}  (-p[=e]), 
  E.  {Salpas}  (-p[.a]z).  [NL.:  cf  L.  salpa  a  kind  of 
  stockfish.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  genus  of  transparent,  tubular,  free-swimming  oceanic 
  tunicates  found  abundantly  in  all  the  warmer  latitudes.  See 
  Illustration  in  Appendix. 
 
  Note:  Each  species  exists  in  two  distinct  forms,  one  of  which 
  lives  solitary,  and  produces,  by  budding  from  an 
  internal  organ,  a  series  of  the  other  kind  These  are 
  united  together,  side  by  side  so  as  to  form  a  chain, 
  or  cluster,  often  of  large  size.  Each  of  the 
  individuals  composing  the  chain  carries  a  single  egg, 
  which  develops  into  the  solitary  kind 




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