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sea cucumber

Pronunciation:  see'kyookumbur

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 Definition: [n]  echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders: sea cucumbers
 
 Synonyms: holothurian
 
 See Also: class Holothuroidea, echinoderm, Holothuria edulis, Holothuroidea, trepang

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sea" cu"cum*ber\ (Zo["o]l.)
Any large holothurian, especially one of those belonging to
the genus {Pentacta}, or {Cucumaria}, as the common American
and European species. ({P. frondosa}).

 

 

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