Definition of Holothuridae

1. Noun. A family of Holothuroidea.

Exact synonyms: Family Holothuridae
Generic synonyms: Echinoderm Family
Group relationships: Class Holothuroidea, Holothuroidea
Member holonyms: Genus Holothuria, Holothuria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Holothuridae

Holocanthus tricolor
Holocaust
Holocaust denial
Holocaust denier
Holocaust deniers
Holocene
Holocene epoch
Holocentridae
Holocentrus
Holocentrus ascensionis
Holocentrus bullisi
Holocentrus coruscus
Holofernes
Holothuria
Holothuria edulis
Holothuridae
Holothuroidea
Holstein
Holstein-Friesian
Holstein-Lewis fracture
Holt
Holt-Oram syndrome
Holter
Holter monitoring
Holthouse
Holthouse's hernia
Holton
Holy Alliance
Holy Book
Holy Bread

Literary usage of Holothuridae

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

1. The Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London by Microscopical Society of London (1862)
"It appears, then, that in the holothuridae, the germ-mass, the product of ... I have little doubt that we shall find in the holothuridae gradations between ..."

2. Anatomy of the Invertebrata by Carl Th. Ernst Siebold (1874)
"... and holothuridae. The first are somewhat hemispherical bodies, •with one edge ... laria (of the holothuridae), ..."

3. The Microscope: Its History, Construction, and Applications: Being a by Jabez Hogg (1886)
"... and are eventually shut off from such communication; the ambulacral vessels of the holothuridae undergo precisely this change, and thus they facilitate ..."

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