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holostome |
holostraca |
holothure |
holothuria |
holothuria edulis |
holothurian
| holothuridae
| holothurioidea
| holothuroidea
| holotricha
| holotype
holothurian
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun holothurian has 1 sense
- holothurian(n = noun.animal) sea cucumber - echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders; Array is a kind of echinoderm
is a member of class holothuroidea, holothuroidea
has particulars: holothuria edulis, trepang
CIDE DICTIONARY
holothurian, a.
Belonging to the Holothurioidea. [1913 Webster]
" Some of the species of Holothurians are called sea cucumbers , sea slugs , trepang , and bêche de mèr . Many are used as food, esp. by the Chinese. See Trepang ."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
holothurian, n. & adj.
--n. any echinoderm of the class Holothurioidea, with a wormlike body, e.g. a sea cucumber.
--adj. of or relating to this class.
--n. any echinoderm of the class Holothurioidea, with a wormlike body, e.g. a sea cucumber.
--adj. of or relating to this class.
Etymology
mod.L Holothuria (n.pl.) f. Gk holothourion, a zoophyte
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