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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Holothurian \Hol`o*thu"ri*an\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Belonging to the Holothurioidea. -- n. One of the Holothurioidea. 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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