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Definition of Sea cucumber

1. Noun. Echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders.

Definition of Sea cucumber

1. Noun. an echinoderm of the class ''Holothuroidea'', with an elongated body and leathery skin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Sea cucumber

1. Any large holothurian, especially one of those belonging to the genus Pentacta, or Cucumaria, as the common American and European species. (P. Frondosa). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea Cucumber

Literary usage of Sea cucumber

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Trukese-English Dictionary by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1980)
"species of sea cucumber. nuke (nu.): a species of sea cucumber. ... a species of black sea cucumber (edible, three inches to one foot in length). ..."

2. A Summer Cruise on the Coast of New England by Robert Carter (1864)
"THE SEA-CUCUMBER — JAQUISS AND BAILEY ISLANDS. — MACKEREL COVE. ... The length of the sea-cucumber is from four to eight inches, but it possesses the power, ..."

3. A Summer Cruise on the Coast of New England by Robert Carter (1888)
"•fHE SEA-CUCUMBER — JAQUISS AND BAILEY ISLANDS. -MACKEREL COVE. ... The length of the sea-cucumber is from four to eight inches, but it possesses the power, ..."

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