CLASS HOLOTHUROIDEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does class Holothuroidea mean? 

• CLASS HOLOTHUROIDEA (noun)
  The noun CLASS HOLOTHUROIDEA has 1 sense:

1. class of echinoderms including the sea cucumbers

  Familiarity information: CLASS HOLOTHUROIDEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLASS HOLOTHUROIDEA (noun)

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Meaning:

Class of echinoderms including the sea cucumbers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

class Holothuroidea; Holothuroidea

Hypernyms ("class Holothuroidea" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "class Holothuroidea"):

holothurian; sea cucumber (echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders)

family Holothuridae; Holothuridae (a family of Holothuroidea)

Holonyms ("class Holothuroidea" is a member of...):

Echinodermata; phylum Echinodermata (radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins and sea cucumbers)