sea cucumber

American

noun

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

sea cucumber British

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

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sea cucumber Scientific

See holothurian

Etymology

Origin of sea cucumber

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

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Crinoids are part of the phylum Echinodermata which also boasts sea urchins and sea cucumbers.

From BBC

There's a bone-white lobster, suctioned up for examination at the surface, and a horned sea cucumber whose mast-like spikes collapse into black spaghetti when it arrives on the ship.

From Barron's

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

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