holothurian
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prettygoodwordholothurian (hoh-loh-THUR-ee-an) - n., any echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, the sea cucumbers. adj., of, resembling, or relating to sea cucumbers.
Sea cucumbers! Of or related to them! It is entirely possible that I love this word too much. I came across this in relation to this anthology of around a thousand haiku about sea cucumbers translated from Japanese. Named around 1840 from Latin holothūrium, water polyp, from Greek holothoúrion, of uncertain origin.
---L.
Sea cucumbers! Of or related to them! It is entirely possible that I love this word too much. I came across this in relation to this anthology of around a thousand haiku about sea cucumbers translated from Japanese. Named around 1840 from Latin holothūrium, water polyp, from Greek holothoúrion, of uncertain origin.
---L.
