Recent Examples on the WebMarine invertebrates—from octopuses to hermit crabs and creatures like the bizarre holothurians—are the focus of this photography book.—Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 7 Mar. 2019
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Word History
Etymology
New Latin Holothuria, a sea cucumber genus (going back to Latin, plural of holothūrion, zoophyte-like sea creature of uncertain identity, borrowed from Greek holothoúrion, of obscure origin) + -an entry 1
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