sea cucumber

American  

noun

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

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sea cucumber British  

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

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sea cucumber Scientific  

1. See holothurian

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Etymology

Origin of sea cucumber

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

The rocks are densely covered by Bathymodiolus mussels, tube worms, shrimp, amphipods, and vivid purple sea cucumbers.

From Science Daily

At Wing, he serves sea cucumber inside a crispy spring roll, dramatically sliced tableside with a Chinese cleaver.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tennis star Taylor Townsend is sorry for criticizing unfamiliar foods on offer while in China for a tournament — dishes including frog, turtle and sea cucumber.

From Los Angeles Times

She also posted another video where she appeared to be at a buffet with her teammate Hailey Baptiste, with the two making fun of a sea cucumber dish.

From BBC

Seagrass will die first, then sea cucumbers, then fish, he said, as a machine flipped vials containing samples behind him.

From Seattle Times