| NOUN | animal | sea cucumber, holothurian | 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 | holothurian | |
| 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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