Meanings
plural sea cucumbers
- An echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, with an elongated body and leathery skin.
Synonyms: bêche-de-mer, holothurian, trepang, holothure
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, with an elongated body and leathery skin.
More synonyms by meaning
nounechinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchconcombre de mer
- Englishsea cucumber
From sea + cucumber, named in reference to its appearance. The term first appeared in common use in the 19th century, and is a calque of French concombre de mer according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans seekomkommer
- seekomkommersea cucumber
Ancient Greek ὁλοθούριον
- ὁλοθούριον (holothoúrion)sea cucumber
Arabic خيار البحر
- خيار البحرsea cucumber
Bulgarian морска краставица
- морска краставица (morska krastavica)sea cucumber
Catalan cogombre de mar
- cogombre de marsea cucumber
Chinese Mandarin 海參 /海参
- 海參 /海参 (hǎishēn)sea cucumber
Dutch zeekomkommer
- zeekomkommersea cucumber
Esperanto markukumo
- markukumosea cucumber
Finnish merimakkara
- merimakkarasea cucumber
French bêche-de-mer, holothurie
- bêche-de-mersea cucumber
- holothuriesea cucumber
- concombre de mersea cucumber
German Seegurke
- Seegurkesea cucumber
Greek ολοθούριο, αγγούρι της θάλασσας
- ολοθούριο (olothoúrio)sea cucumber
- αγγούρι της θάλασσας (angoúri tis thálassas)sea cucumber
Hebrew מְלָפְפוֹן יָם
- מְלָפְפוֹן יָם (m'laf'fon yam)sea cucumber
Hungarian tengeriuborka
- tengeriuborkasea cucumber
Icelandic sæbjúga
- sæbjúgasea cucumber
Indonesian teripang
- teripangsea cucumber
Irish súmaire cladaigh
- súmaire cladaighsea cucumber
Italian cetriolo di mare, oloturia
- cetriolo di maresea cucumber
- oloturiasea cucumber
Japanese 海鼠, ナマコ
- 海鼠 (namako)sea cucumber
- ナマコ (namako)sea cucumber
Korean 해삼
- 해삼 (haesam)sea cucumber
Malay teripang, timun laut
- teripangsea cucumber
- timun lautsea cucumber
- gamatsea cucumber
Norwegian Bokmål sjøpølse
- sjøpølsesea cucumber
Polish strzykwa
- strzykwasea cucumber
Portuguese holotúria, pepino-do-mar
- holotúriasea cucumber
- pepino-do-marsea cucumber
Romanian castravete de mare
- castravete de maresea cucumber
Russian голоту́рия, морско́й огуре́ц
- голоту́рия (golotúrija)sea cucumber
- морско́й огуре́ц (morskój oguréc)sea cucumber
- трепа́нг (trepáng)sea cucumber
Spanish holoturoideo, pepino de mar
- holoturoideosea cucumber
- pepino de marsea cucumber
- cohombrosea cucumber
- carajo de marsea cucumber
Swedish sjögurka
- sjögurkasea cucumber
Tagalog balatan
- balatansea cucumber
Thai ปลิงทะเล
- ปลิงทะเล (bpling-tá-lee)sea cucumber
Turkish deniz hıyarı
- deniz hıyarısea cucumber
Vietnamese hải sâm, đồn đột
- hải sâmsea cucumber
- đồn độtsea cucumber
- rumsea cucumber
- dưa chuột biểnsea cucumber
- đỉa biểnsea cucumber
- đỉa bểsea cucumber
Welsh chwerwddwr y môr
- chwerwddwr y môrsea cucumber
Cite this entry
sea cucumber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20cucumber
“sea cucumber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20cucumber. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sea cucumber,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20cucumber.
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