Definition of Genus holothuria

1. Noun. Type genus of the Holothuridae.

Exact synonyms: Holothuria
Generic synonyms: Echinoderm Genus
Group relationships: Family Holothuridae, Holothuridae
Member holonyms: Holothuria Edulis, Trepang

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Holothuria

genus Hippocrepis
genus Hippodamia
genus Hippoglossoides
genus Hippoglossus
genus Hippopotamus
genus Hipposideros
genus Hippotragus
genus Hipsurus
genus Hirudo
genus Hirundo
genus Hoheria
genus Holarrhena
genus Holbrookia
genus Holcus
genus Holocentrus
genus Holothuria
genus Homarus
genus Homo
genus Homogyne
genus Homona
genus Hordeum
genus Horneophyton
genus Hosta
genus Hottonia
genus Houttuynia
genus Hovea
genus Hoya
genus Hudsonia
genus Hugueninia
genus Hulsea

Literary usage of Genus holothuria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"... all of which he included in the genus Holothuria, as did other authors of his time. Cuvier in 1817 also placed all the known species in this genus, ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1840)
"The genus Holothuria is conspicuous in Shetland ; among them is an enormous species, which the authors name Holothuria grandis. ..."

3. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"... gives the following definition of his genus Holothuria, which he places under his Vermes Mollusca, ..."

4. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1906)
"... as also species of the ubiquitous genus Holothuria, as well as many other undetermined species, constitute the valuable " Trepang," which is a delicacy ..."

5. A Naval Encyclopædia: Comprising a Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases (1880)
"... of the genus Holothuria. Salted and dried, it is eaten in China under the name of trepang They are found in shallow water, ..."

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