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Webster 1913 Edition
Holothurian
Holˊo-thu′ri-an
,Adj.
(Zool.)
Belonging to the Holothurioidea.
– Noun.
One of the Holothurioidea.
☞ 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
.