1. a marine invertebrate animal with a soft elongated body, commonly called a sea cucumber
Usage: zoological

1. relating to or characteristic of holothurians or sea cucumbers
Usage: zoological

Examples

• The holothurian slowly moved across the ocean floor.
• Marine biologists studied the holothurian’s feeding habits.
• Sea cucumbers are holothurian echinoderms found in many ocean environments.
• The holothurian body plan is quite different from other echinoderms.
• Researchers collected several holothurian specimens from the reef.
• The holothurian species showed remarkable regenerative abilities.