noun
- a small, barrel-shaped marine animal that swims by jet propulsion and feeds by filtering plankton from seawater
Usage: zoology
Examples
- The salp moved through the water by contracting its transparent body.
- Marine biologists collected salps during their research expedition.
- Salps are important members of the ocean’s plankton community.
- The transparent salp was barely visible in the clear water.
- Swarms of salps can form long chains in the open ocean.
- Scientists study salps to understand marine food webs.