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HOLOTHURIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does holothurian mean?
• HOLOTHURIAN (noun)
The noun HOLOTHURIAN has 1 sense:
1. echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders
Familiarity information: HOLOTHURIAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
holothurian; sea cucumber
Hypernyms ("holothurian" is a kind of...):
echinoderm (marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "holothurian"):
Holothuria edulis; trepang (of warm coasts from Australia to Asia; used as food especially by Chinese)
Holonyms ("holothurian" is a member of...):
class Holothuroidea; Holothuroidea (class of echinoderms including the sea cucumbers)
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