How to Use sea cucumber in a Sentence

sea cucumber

noun
Definition of sea cucumbernext
  • There are over 1,250 species of sea cucumber in the world.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Fall means the start of dive fisheries for pricey sea cucumbers.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Not oil, but the sea cucumber, a large slug-like creature that infests the ocean floor.
    — The Economist, 17 Apr. 2021
  • In the Challenger Deep, he was met by a swimming sea cucumber.
    — Susan Casey, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2019
  • The waters are usually clear enough to spot starfish and sea cucumbers on the seafloor among the darting fish.
    — Terry Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2020
  • The footage was full of life: in Java, thousands of tiny translucent sea cucumbers grazed in the sand like cattle.
    — The Economist, 6 Sep. 2019
  • This version comes with a lot of seafood — abalone, fish maw, sea cucumber, prawns — along with roasted duck, black moss and more.
    — Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2021
  • Red sea cucumbers last year paid out at over $4 a pound to fishermen.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2019
  • The husky sea cucumbers were tempting, but the young survivalists had no idea how to turn them into food.
    — Susan Shain, The Atlantic, 5 June 2019
  • In addition to limpets and sea cucumbers, the girls tracked down gumboots, rock scallops, urchins, red rock crab, and tiny shrimp.
    — Susan Shain, The Atlantic, 5 June 2019
  • In the 1800s, traders sailed to the ends of the earth for exotic items, like tropical sea cucumbers, that might appeal to the Chinese consumer.
    — Yoni Wilkenfeld, Quartz, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Nearly 1,700 species of sea cucumbers live in the world's oceans, mostly harvested by divers.
    — Laine Welch, Alaska Dispatch News, 2 Sep. 2017
  • Before, some of those divers made a living by scouring the ocean floor for sea cucumber and lobster to sell to Chinese exporters.
    — Jamie Lafferty, Outside Online, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Inside lie rows of drying seafood or plants—scallops, sea cucumbers, orange peel, all turning brown and gnarled in the sun.
    — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Eels, sea cucumbers, queen conchs, marine turtles, some corals, sturgeons, and sea horses were also added to the list.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Amphipods Along with sea cucumbers, tiny flea-like crustaceans known as amphipods are the most abundant animal in the hadal zone.
    — Tree Meinch, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2023
  • It’s thought that animals without brains, such as starfish, jellyfish, and sea cucumbers, do not feel pain in the same way humans do.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2023
  • In Chinese cooking, fish maw -- the swim bladder of a fish -- is a delicacy alongside abalone and sea cucumber.
    — Rachel Phua, CNN, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The sea cucumber fishery closed on March 31 with an allowable harvest of 1.7 million pounds.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Some researchers suspect the Bajau only began diving to great depths when a market for sea cucumbers opened up in China in the 1600s.
    — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Till 2001, there were no legal hurdles in catching sea cucumbers.
    — K A Shaji, Quartz India, 5 May 2020
  • Whoever named the sea cucumber after a vegetable didn't give it enough credit.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 21 Apr. 2017
  • In Southeast Alaska, divers are still going down for giant geoduck clams and sea cucumbers.
    — Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Dec. 2017
  • From slimy sea cucumbers to fan-like sea lilies, the mysterious creatures live in complete darkness.
    — Carolyn Hagler, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2023
  • The weapon was discovered by a commercial diver looking for sea cucumbers off the north coast of British Columbia.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 8 Nov. 2016
  • Southeast’s sea cucumber fishery opens to divers on October 4 with a catch of nearly 1.9 million pounds.
    — Laine Welch | Fish Factor, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Sep. 2021
  • The sea cucumber's posterior is so much more than an exit hole for digestive waste.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 May 2021
  • When threatened, the sea cucumber stiffens its skin by flooding the network with proteins that bind the fibers together, forming a solid structure.
    — Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
  • One Shanghai-specific showpiece features sea cucumber in a sauce enriched with the distinctive taste of shrimp roe.
    — Bill Addison, latimes.com, 6 June 2019
  • Case Western University chemist Christoph Weder has developed a biopolymer that, like the sea cucumber's skin, can change from stiff to supple in an instant.
    — Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010

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