Holothurian

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Holothurian \Hol`o*thu"ri*an\, a. (Zool.)
     Belonging to the Holothurioidea. -- n. One of the
     Holothurioidea.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Some of the species of Holothurians are called {sea


           cucumbers}, {sea slugs}, {trepang}, and {b[^e]che de
           m[`e]r}. Many are used as food, esp. by the Chinese.
           See {Trepang}.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  holothurian
       n : echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles
           surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud
           feeders: sea cucumbers [syn: {sea cucumber}]