Definition of Cucumariidae
:a large family of shallow-water sea cucumbers (order Dendrochirota) having a number of intricately branched oral tentacles, an internal madreporite, and a well-developed respiratory tree
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Cucumariidae
plural noun
Cu·cu·ma·ri·idae
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ˌkyük(y)əməˈrīəˌdē
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Origin and Etymology of cucumariidae
New Latin, from Cucumaria, type genus + -idae
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