sea cucumber

3 definitions found

sea cucumber - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sea cucumber \Sea" cu"cum*ber\ (Zool.)
     Any large holothurian, especially one of those belonging to
     the genus Pentacta, or Cucumaria, as the common American
     and European species. (Pentacta frondosa).
     [1913 Webster]

  Trepang \Tre*pang"\, n. [Malay tr[imac]pang.] (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of
     which are dried and extensively used as food in China; --
     called also b[^e]che de mer, sea cucumber, and sea slug
     . [Written also tripang.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The edible trepangs are mostly large species of
           Holothuria, especially Holothuria edulis. They are
           taken in vast quantities in the East Indies, where they
           are dried and smoked, and then shipped to China. They
           are used as an ingredient in certain kinds of soup.
           [1913 Webster]

sea cucumber - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sea cucumber
      n 1: echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles
           surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud
           feeders [syn: sea cucumber, holothurian]