noun
a small family of tunicates in the class Thaliacea
• Syn: ↑family Salpidae
• Hypernyms: ↑chordate family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Thaliacea, ↑class Thaliacea
• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Salpa
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\\ˈsalpəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a small family of tunicates (order Thaliacea) of which Salpa is the chief and in some classifications the sole genus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.