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Definition of Holothurian
1. Noun. Echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders.
Generic synonyms: Echinoderm
Group relationships: Class Holothuroidea, Holothuroidea
Specialized synonyms: Holothuria Edulis, Trepang
Definition of Holothurian
1. a. Belonging to the Holothurioidea.
Definition of Holothurian
1. Noun. (zoology) sea cucumber (of the class ''Holothuroidea'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Holothurian
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Holothurian
Literary usage of Holothurian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville-Kent (1880)
"The Echinus, the Star-fish, or the holothurian, one and all, present an identical
or but slightly modified initial structure, and may therefore be ..."
2. A Course in Invertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1915)
"... A holothurian OR SEA CUCUMBER Two common species of holothurians which live
in the shallow water of the New England coast are suitable for this ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"The time occupied by the fish in entering the holothurian was not taken, ...
When the finger-bowl had been removed from the holothurian a second time the ..."
4. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"Examples of the Classes.—Within the Echinoderma is great diversity of organisation.
Between the worm-like, semi-gelatinous holothurian, ..."
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