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

sea cucumber

1. See holothurian

Word History and Origins

Origin of sea cucumber¹

First recorded in 1595–1605

Word History and Origins

Origin of sea cucumber¹

C17: so named because of its cucumber-like shape

Example Sentences

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

From Nautilus

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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

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