An echinoderm that has a thick wormlike body with tentacles around the mouth. They typically have rows of tube feet along the body and breathe by means of a respiratory tree.
海参
Class Holothuroidea
Example sentencesExamples
The sam sun cham pong is amped up with even more deluxe seafood, including crisp slices of glossy sea cucumber.
The salted and cured viscera of the Selenka sea cucumber, considered a delicacy of Japanese cuisine, is very expensive and difficult to find in the United States.
One end of the sea cucumber is its mouth, recognizable by a fringe of tentacles.
First, the skin of the sea cucumber is removed to avoid its bitter taste.
Not an unusual order in Japan, where aficionados of raw and pickled sea cucumber (a plankton-feeding marine invertebrate that looks a little like a pickle) enjoy theirs with beer.
Definition of sea cucumber in US English:
sea cucumber
nounsi ˈkjuˌkəmbər
An echinoderm that has a thick wormlike body with tentacles around the mouth. They typically have rows of tube feet along the body and breathe by means of a respiratory tree.
海参
Class Holothuroidea
Example sentencesExamples
First, the skin of the sea cucumber is removed to avoid its bitter taste.
The salted and cured viscera of the Selenka sea cucumber, considered a delicacy of Japanese cuisine, is very expensive and difficult to find in the United States.
The sam sun cham pong is amped up with even more deluxe seafood, including crisp slices of glossy sea cucumber.
Not an unusual order in Japan, where aficionados of raw and pickled sea cucumber (a plankton-feeding marine invertebrate that looks a little like a pickle) enjoy theirs with beer.
One end of the sea cucumber is its mouth, recognizable by a fringe of tentacles.