Sea cucumber \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}).
sea cucumber
n : echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles
surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud
feeders: sea cucumbers [syn: {holothurian}]