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SEA CUCUMBER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders

Synonyms:

holothurian; sea cucumber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("sea cucumber" is a kind of...):

echinoderm (marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sea cucumber"):

Holothuria edulis; trepang (of warm coasts from Australia to Asia; used as food especially by Chinese)

Holonyms ("sea cucumber" is a member of...):

class Holothuroidea; Holothuroidea (class of echinoderms including the sea cucumbers)

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