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sea cucumber

noun

  1. any echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, having a long, leathery body with tentacles around the anterior end.


sea cucumber

noun

  1. any echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, having an elongated body covered with a leathery skin and bearing a cluster of tentacles at the oral end. They usually creep on the sea bed or burrow in sand
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


sea cucumber

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sea cucumber1

First recorded in 1595–1605
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sea cucumber1

C17: so named because of its cucumber-like shape
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Example Sentences

Discarded houses sink to the seafloor where they are eaten by scavengers such as sea cucumbers.

The mouth of a Sea-Cucumber is surrounded by a circlet of tentacles (partially indicated in the diagram, Fig. 38).

Sea′-gher′kin, a sea-cucumber; Sea′-gill′iflower, the common thrift; Sea′-gin′ger, millipore coral.

It may be any one of the grotesque products of Neptune's vegetable garden, a sea-cucumber, a sea-carrot, or a sea-cabbage.

The beche-de-mere, or "sea cucumber," is a product of Australasian and Malaysian waters.

The skeleton of the Sea-Cucumber is of a very meagre description.

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