English
A sea cucumber
Etymology
Named in reference to its appearance. The term first appeared in common use in the 19th century, perhaps borrowed from another European language, like French concombre de mer .
Noun
sea cucumber (plural sea cucumbers )
An echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea , with an elongated body and leathery skin.
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Translations
sea cucumber
Bislama: bislama
Bulgarian: морска краставица f ( morska krastavica )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 海參 / 海参 (zh) ( hǎishēn ) , 海参 (zh) ( hǎishēn )
Dutch: zeekomkommer (nl) c
Esperanto: markukumo
Finnish: merimakkara (fi)
French: bêche-de-mer (fr) f
Galician: mexacán m , carallote (gl) m
German: Seegurke (de) f
Hebrew: מְלָפְפוֹן יָם m ( m'laf'fon yam )
Hungarian: tengeriuborka
Icelandic: sæbjúga n
Irish: súmaire cladaigh m
Italian: cetriolo di mare (it) m , oloturia (it) f
Japanese: 海鼠 (ja) ( なまこ, namako ) , ナマコ ( なまこ, namako )
Korean: 해삼 ( haesam ) (海蔘 )
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Malay: teripang (ms) , timun laut , gamat
Navajo: táłtłʼááh chʼoshtsoh chʼééh digháhii
Nootka: taaʔinwa , teeʔinwa
Northern Sami: bodneluomi
Polish: strzykwa (pl) f
Portuguese: pepino-do-mar (pt) m
Russian: голоту́рия (ru) f ( golotúrija ) , морско́й огуре́ц m ( morskój oguréc ) , трепа́нг (ru) m ( trepáng )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: трп m
Roman: trp (sh) m
Spanish: holoturoideo m , pepino de mar m , cohombro m , carajo de mar m
Swedish: sjögurka (sv) c
Tagalog: tripang
Thai: ปลิงทะเล ( bpling-tá-lee )
Turkish: denizhıyarı (tr)
Vietnamese: hải sâm
Welsh: chwerwddwr y môr m
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