holothurian

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: hol=o=thu=ri=an

CIDE DICTIONARY

holothurian, a. 

 Belonging to the Holothurioidea.  [1913 Webster]
" 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."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

holothurian, n. & adj.
--n. any echinoderm of the class Holothurioidea, with a wormlike body, e.g. a sea cucumber.
--adj. of or relating to this class.

Etymology

mod.L Holothuria (n.pl.) f. Gk holothourion, a zoophyte