sea pig

noun

Any deep-sea sea cucumber in the genus Scotoplanes.

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Meanings

nounsea pig (plural sea pigs)

plural sea pigs · alternative sea-pig · alternative seapig

  1. Any deep-sea sea cucumber in the genus Scotoplanes.
  2. archaicA porpoise or dolphin.

    Synonyms: sea hog, seaswine, mereswine

  3. colloquialuncommonA dugong.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA porpoise or dolphin.

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dolphinmereswinephocoenidporpoisesea hogseaswine

Origin

From sea + pig.

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APA

sea pig. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20pig

MLA

“sea pig.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20pig. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sea pig,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20pig.

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