sea cucumber

noun

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

Origin of sea cucumber

First recorded in 1595–1605

Words nearby sea cucumber

sea chest, seacoast, seacock, sea cow, sea crayfish, sea cucumber, sea dahlia, sea devil, seadog, Sea-Doo, seadrome

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Example sentences from the Web for sea cucumber

The synapta is a marine animal closely allied to the sea-cucumber.
The Queer, the Quaint and the Quizzical|Frank H. Stauffer
Sea′-gher′kin, a sea-cucumber; Sea′-gill′iflower, the common thrift; Sea′-gin′ger, millipore coral.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
The sea-cucumber, which Europeans disdain, is a favourite dish among the Chinese.
The Ocean World:|Louis Figuier
The mouth of a Sea-Cucumber is surrounded by a circlet of tentacles (partially indicated in the diagram, Fig. 38).
Stories of the Universe: Animal Life|B. Lindsay

The skeleton of the Sea-Cucumber is of a very meagre description.
Stories of the Universe: Animal Life|B. Lindsay

British Dictionary definitions for sea cucumber

sea cucumber

noun

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

Word Origin for sea cucumber

C17: so named because of its cucumber-like shape

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Scientific definitions for sea cucumber

sea cucumber

See holothurian.

单词	sea cucumber
释义	sea cucumber noun any echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, having a long, leathery body with tentacles around the anterior end. Origin of sea cucumber First recorded in 1595–1605 Words nearby sea cucumber sea chest, seacoast, seacock, sea cow, sea crayfish, sea cucumber, sea dahlia, sea devil, seadog, Sea-Doo, seadrome Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sea cucumber The synapta is a marine animal closely allied to the sea-cucumber. The Queer, the Quaint and the Quizzical\|Frank H. Stauffer Sea′-gher′kin, a sea-cucumber; Sea′-gill′iflower, the common thrift; Sea′-gin′ger, millipore coral. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)\|Various The sea-cucumber, which Europeans disdain, is a favourite dish among the Chinese. The Ocean World:\|Louis Figuier The mouth of a Sea-Cucumber is surrounded by a circlet of tentacles (partially indicated in the diagram, Fig. 38). Stories of the Universe: Animal Life\|B. Lindsay The skeleton of the Sea-Cucumber is of a very meagre description. Stories of the Universe: Animal Life\|B. Lindsay British Dictionary definitions for sea cucumber sea cucumber noun 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 Word Origin for sea cucumber C17: so named because of its cucumber-like shape 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 Scientific definitions for sea cucumber sea cucumber See holothurian. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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