sea gherkin

English

Alternative forms

• sea girkin

Noun

sea gherkin (plural sea gherkins)

1. Any of a number of small holothurians resembling in form a gherkin, especially Pawsonia saxicola.

Hypernyms

• sea cucumber

References

• “sea gherkin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.