Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Holothurian \Hol`o*thu"ri*an\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Belonging to the Holothurioidea. -- n. One of the
Holothurioidea.
Note: Some of the species of Holothurians are called {sea
cucumbers}, {sea slugs}, {trepang}, and {b[^e]che de
m[`e]r}. Many are used as food, esp. by the Chinese.
See {Trepang}.
Source : WordNet®
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}]