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HOLOTHUROIDEA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Class of echinoderms including the sea cucumbers

Synonyms:

class Holothuroidea; Holothuroidea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Holothuroidea" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Holothuroidea"):

holothurian; sea cucumber (echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders)

family Holothuridae; Holothuridae (a family of Holothuroidea)

Holonyms ("Holothuroidea" is a member of...):

Echinodermata; phylum Echinodermata (radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins and sea cucumbers)

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