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sea cucumber
noun
: any of a class (Holothurioidea) of echinoderms having a tough muscular elongated body with tentacles surrounding the mouth
called also holothurian
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Some of the specimens look highly similar to cambroernids—animals that looked vaguely similar to modern-day sea cucumbers—which have previously only been dated to the Cambrian.
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Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2026
Bêche-de-mer (trepang, or sea cucumber) fishing also drew outsiders to the Torres Strait.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
The sea cucumber beside her stone is orange.
—Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
Every few minutes Baya would dive down to point out a foot-long sea cucumber, or a cluster of blue, black, and yellow sea stars scattered on the seabed.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
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Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2026
Bêche-de-mer (trepang, or sea cucumber) fishing also drew outsiders to the Torres Strait.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
The sea cucumber beside her stone is orange.
—Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
Every few minutes Baya would dive down to point out a foot-long sea cucumber, or a cluster of blue, black, and yellow sea stars scattered on the seabed.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for sea cucumber
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“Sea cucumber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20cucumber. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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