trepang

English

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Etymology

From Malay teripang.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /tɹɪˈpaŋ/

Noun

trepang (plural trepangs)

  1. Bêche-de-mer, sea cucumber.
    • 1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, Angus & Robertson 1995, p. 266:
      There had been a drop in the mother-of-pearl shell market and quite a few of the pearling luggers had turned their attention to diving for trepang, which had survived the ravages of the depression and was easy to recover, lying in shallow waters.

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