NOUN | animal | holothurian, sea cucumber | echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet |
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Meaning | echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders. | |
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Synonym | sea cucumber | |
Member of | Holothuroidea, class Holothuroidea | Class of echinoderms including the sea cucumbers |
Narrower | trepang, Holothuria edulis | Of warm coasts from Australia to Asia |
Broader | echinoderm | marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies |
Spanish | cohombro de mar, holoturia | |
Catalan | holotúria |
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