holothrix

[Pref. holo-, and Gr. thrix = Bot.: The typical genus of the family Holotrichidæ (q. v.). †hol-o-thüre, s. [HOLOTHURIA.] Zool .: An animal of the genus Holothuria; the family Holothuridse, or the order Holothuroidea (q. v.). hol-d-thür-I-a, s. [Lat. holothuria ( Pliny )=a water polype, Cuvier thought an Alcyonum, Gr. holothourion (Aristotle) = a kind of zoophyte.] Zool.: The typical genus of the family Holothuride, and the order Holothuroidea. Holothuria Elegans. Holothuria argus or edulis , Trepang, is collected on the north-east coast of Australia and elsewhere, and exported to China, where it is regarded as a great delicacy. [TREPANG.]