Synapta

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Synapta

  1. A genus of sea cucumbers, including the snake sea cucumber (Synapta maculata).
    • 1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby:
      “Dear me!” he cried. “What a large pink Holothurian; with hands, too! It must be connected with Synapta.”
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