trepang

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay teripang.

Pronunciation

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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.

Derived terms

Translations

sea cucumber — see sea cucumber
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