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Definition of Genus holothuria
1. Noun. Type genus of the Holothuridae.
Generic synonyms: Echinoderm Genus
Group relationships: Family Holothuridae, Holothuridae
Member holonyms: Holothuria Edulis, Trepang
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Holothuria
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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