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 change, sea chest, sea cow, sea cradle, sea crayfish, sea cucumber, sea dahlia, sea dayak, sea devil, sea dog, sea duck

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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

Scientific definitions for sea cucumber

sea cucumber

See holothurian.