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Seven classes of Holothuria were examined; three belonged to the species of _Holothuria_, called by
A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 Otto von Kotzebue 1816
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Reef is found the 'Holothuria', from which the 'beche-de-mer' is prepared.
Australian Search Party Charles Henry Eden 1858
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_Thyone_; and the seventh kind of Holothuria ought, properly speaking, to form a class apart, not having tubular feet, but adhering, by means of their sharp skin, to extraneous objects, on which account they might be called _Sinapta_; their feelers are fringed and they live concealed among stones.
A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 Otto von Kotzebue 1816
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[Footnote 1: The _Holothuria_ of naturalists -- a species of sea-slug or sea-cucumber found on the shores of Borneo and on most of the islands of the Pacific, and which being dried in the sun is considered a dainty by Chinese epicures.]
In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 J. J. Smith
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[74] The balate -- also known as "sea slug," "sea cucumber," "beche de mer," and commercially as "trepang" -- is a slug (_Holothuria edulis_) used as food in the Eastern Archipelago and in China, in which country it is regarded as a delicacy by the wealthy classes, and brings from seven to fifty cents a pound in the markets.
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Beche-de-mer (Holothuria edulis), which is not armed with any such defensive weapons, is of a dull sand-or mud-colour, so as hardly to be distinguished from the sea bed on which it reposes.
Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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I wish I were a Holothuria, and could get on without my viscera.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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One of the most aberrant of this type is the sea cucumber, (Holothuria,) which is a firm fleshy bag, destitute of plates, composed of carbonate of lime.
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Caught a slug-like animal (Holothuria) this evening, or rather more closely resembling a caterpillar.
Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 George Grey 1855
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-- There are a few species of _Holothuria_, of which the trepang is the best known example.
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
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