"holothure" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: holothures [plural]
Etymology: Latin holothuria, plural, a sort of water polyp, from Ancient Greek. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|holothuria}} Latin holothuria, {{uder|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek Head templates: {{en-noun}} holothure (plural holothures)
  1. (archaic) Synonym of sea cucumber. Tags: archaic Synonyms: sea cucumber [synonym, synonym-of]

Inflected forms

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