sea cucumber Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders
holothurian.

WordNet

Sea" cu"cum*ber

Definitions

(Zoöl.) Any large holothurian, especially one of those belonging to the genus Pentacta, or Cucumaria, as the common American and European species. (P. frondosa).

Webster 1913

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