deniz hıyar

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Definition of deniz hıyar in Turkish English dictionary

sea cucumber

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

echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders: sea cucumbers

{i} marine invertebrate with a long body shaped like a cucumber

Any large holothurian, especially one of those belonging to the genus Pentacta, or Cucumaria, as the common American and European species

Any of various cucumber-shaped echinoderms of the class Holothuroidea, having a flexible body with tentacles surrounding the mouth. Any of 1,100 species of echinoderms constituting the class Holothurioidea, found in all oceans, mostly in shallow water. The soft, cylindrical body is 0.75 in. (2 cm) to 6.5 ft (2 m) long and 0.4-8 in. (1-20 cm) thick. It is usually dull, dark, and often warty. The internal skeleton consists merely of numerous tiny bits in the skin. Most species have five rows of tube feet extending from mouth to anus. The 10 or more retractile tentacles surrounding the mouth are used for taking food (mud containing nutrients or small aquatic animals) or burrowing. Locomotion is sluglike. See also shellfish

frondosa

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denizhıyar

holothurian

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de·niz hı·yar