ho·lo·thu·ri·an /-ˈθʊriən, ˈθjʊr-/
海參(a.)海參的
Hol·o·thu·ri·an a. Zool. Belonging to the Holothurioidea. -- n. One of the Holothurioidea.
Note: ☞ 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.
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holothurian
n : echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles
surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud
feeders: sea cucumbers [syn: sea cucumber]