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}]