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Salpidae

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 plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Salpa, type genus + -idae

: a small family of tunicates (order Thaliacea) of which Salpa is the chief and in some classifications the sole genus

Useful english dictionary. 2012.