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sea cucumber
†a. [transl. of L. cucumis.] Some shell-fish. Obs.
b. [= F. concombre de mer]. The common name for any holothurian, sometimes restricted to the Psolidæ.
1601Holland Pliny xxxii. xi. II. 451. 1841 E. Forbes Brit. Starfishes 209 The Sea-Cucumbers are the most typical of the Holothuriadæ. Ibid. 221 The Glassy Sea-Cucumber is a most beautiful and delicate animal, being almost transparent and of an opaline hue. 1879E. P. Wright Anim. Life 572 The body in the Sea Cucumbers is mostly cylindrical, and covered with a coriaceous skin. |