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Hol·o·thu·ria | \ ˌhälōˈthu̇rēə, ˌhōl- \
Definition of Holothuria
1 : a Linnaean genus containing various rather wormlike aquatic animals (as some gephyreans and holothurians) originally thought to be modified mollusks
2 : a large cosmopolitan genus of holothurians that is the type of the family Holothuriidae and is characterized by the presence of scattered more or less papillate pedicels — compare trepang
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