Holothurian

Holothurian
Holothurian Hol`o*thu"ri*an, a. (Zo["o]l.) 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]


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  • holothurian — [häl΄ōthoor′ē ən, hō′ləthoor′ē ən, häl΄ōthyoor′ē ən, hō′ləthyoor′ē ən] n. [< L holothuria, pl. < Gr holothouria, pl. of holothourion, kind of water polyp] any of a class (Holothuroidea) of echinoderms with an elongated, flexible, wormlike… …   English World dictionary

  • holothurian — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek holothourion water polyp Date: circa 1842 sea cucumber • holothurian adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • holothurian — /hol euh thoor ee euhn, hoh leuh /, n. 1. any echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, comprising the sea cucumbers. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the Holothuroidea. Also, holothurioid /hol euh thoor ee oyd /. [1835 45; < NL Holothuri(a) genus …   Universalium

  • holothurian — noun sea cucumber (of the class Holothuroidea) …   Wiktionary

  • holothurian — [ˌhɒlə(ʊ) θjʊərɪən] noun Zoology a sea cucumber. Origin C19: from the mod. L. genus name Holothuria (from Gk holothourion, denoting a kind of zoophyte) + an …   English new terms dictionary

  • holothurian — hol·o·thu·ri·an …   English syllables

  • holothurian — hol•o•thu•ri•an [[t]ˌhɒl əˈθʊər i ən, ˌhoʊ lə [/t]] n. 1) ivt any echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, comprising the sea cucumbers 2) ivt of or belonging to the Holothuroidea • Etymology: 1835–45; < NL Holothuri(a) genus name (pl. of L… …   From formal English to slang

  • holothurian — /hɒləˈθjuriən/ (say holuh thyoohreeuhn), / ˈθjʊər / (say thyoouhr ) noun any of the Holothuroidea, a class of echinoderms having a long leathery body and tentacles round the anterior end as the sea cucumber. {New Latin Holothuria genus name (from …  

  • holothurian —   n. sea cucumber …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • holothurian —   See sea cucumber …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

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