Noun: sea cucumber see'kyoo-kum-bu(r)
- Echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders
"The sea cucumber expelled its internal organs as a defence mechanism";
- holothurian
Derived forms: sea cucumbers
Type of: echinoderm
Part of: class Holothuroidea, Holothuroidea
Encyclopedia: Sea cucumber