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 Sea cu·cum·ber Zool. Any large holothurian, especially one of those belonging to the genus Pentacta, or Cucumaria, as the common American and European species. (Pentacta frondosa).
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 Tre·pang n.  Zool. Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of which are dried and extensively used as food in China; -- called also bêche de mer, sea cucumber, and sea slug. [Written also tripang.]
 Note: ☞ The edible trepangs are mostly large species of Holothuria, especially Holothuria edulis.  They are taken in vast quantities in the East Indies, where they are dried and smoked, and then shipped to China.  They are used as an ingredient in certain kinds of soup.
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 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]