Category:Holothurian

Hol`o*thu"ri*an, a.

Defn: ( -- n.

Defn: 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.