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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 feedersplay

  Familiarity information: HOLOTHURIAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOLOTHURIAN (noun)


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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