holothurian

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holothurian - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Holothurian \Hol`o*thu"ri*an\, a. (Zool.)
     Belonging to the Holothurioidea. -- n. One of the
     Holothurioidea.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Some of the species of Holothurians are called sea cucumbers
           , sea slugs, trepang, and b[^e]che de m[`e]r
           . Many are used as food, esp. by the Chinese.
           See Trepang.
           [1913 Webster]

holothurian - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  holothurian
      n 1: echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles
           surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud
           feeders [syn: sea cucumber, holothurian]