Thesaurus: holothurian

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1. a. Belonging to the Holothurioidea.
2. n. One of the Holothurioidea.
3. n. echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders
4. ( -- n. One of the Holothurioidea. Note: Some of the species of Holothurians are called sea cucumbers, sea slugs, trepang, and bêche de mèr. Many are used as food, esp. by the Chinese. See Trepang.
5. n echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders