salpa chain

[SALPA.] †săl-pi-an, s. [SALPA.] A mollusk belonging to the genus Salpa (q. v.). "In the transparent salpians these fibres are grouped in flat bands."- Woodward : Mollusca (ed. 1875), p. 19. *săl-pi-con, s . [Fr. & Sp., from Sp. salpicar = to besprinkle; Port., salpicar -to powder, to corn, from sal salt, and picar to prick.] A dish composed of the remains of meat and vegetables, cut dice, and heated in brown or white sauce. săl-pi-dæ, s. pl. [Lat. salp (a); fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] Zoology : A family of Tunic at a (q. v.). Oceanic molluscoids, alternately solid or united in circular or lengthened groups. Branchial and atrial apertures at opposite ends of the body.