holothurian.
/hɒləʊˈθjʊərɪə/ Zoology.
= holothurian n.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Holothurioidea > member of (sea-cucumber)
quab1617
sea-pudding1750
sea-orange1753
Priapus1765
holothuria1792
sea cucumber1841
sea-gherkin1841
holothurian1842
sea-melon1854
nigger1855
slug1855
holothurioid1859
sea-quince1861
holothurid1877
red fish1880
pumpkin1897
1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 79 These holothuriae are singularly beautiful when floating on the surface of the water in a clear day.
1816 J. K. Tuckey Narr. Exped. River Zaire (1818) i. 11 The holothuria made its first appearance on the 4th instant.
1844 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 23 Nov. 323/2 It may be of small moment to you, who, mayhap, know nothing of holothurias.
1876 P. J. Van Beneden Animal Parasites & Messmates 5 Dr. Greef..found..a holothuria of a foot in length.
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