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sea cucumber

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables
sea cu-cum-ber
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, with an elongated body and leathery skin.

Etymology

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.

Inflected Forms

sea cucumbers (plural)

Phrases

black sea cucumber pineapple sea cucumber snake sea cucumber

Frequently Paired Words

Haishenwai Haishenwei

Synonyms

bêche-de-mer holothurian trepang holothure

Questions

What does sea cucumber mean?
An echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, with an elongated body and leathery skin.
Where does sea cucumber come from?
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.

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