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trepang

Holothurian \Hol`o*thu"ri*an\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Belonging to the Holothurioidea. -- n. One of the Holothurioidea.

Note: Some of the species of Holothurians are called sea cucumbers, sea slugs, trepang, and b[^e]che de m[`e]r. Many are used as food, esp. by the Chinese. See Trepang.

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trepang

n. bêche-de-mer, sea cucumber.

WordNet
trepang

n. of warm coasts from Australia to Asia; used as food especially by Chinese [syn: Holothuria edulis]

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Trepang

Trepang may refer to:

  • trepang, a marine invertebrate harvested by trepanging, thus:
    • a common name for species of the holothuroidea (sea cucumber) class of animals
  • Trepang (SS-412), a World War II submarine sunk in 1967.
  • Trepang (SSN-674), a submarine commissioned from 1970 to 1999.

Usage examples of "trepang".

But there was about their savagery a curious touch of civilization, for Malays from Macassar and from Java had for centuries come here in their praus in search of sandalwood and cedar and cypress and trepang and pearl-shell, coming at the end of one trade-wind season and returning with the beginning of the next, thereby having a favouring wind each way--a matter of great importance to a craft so ill suited to headwinds as a prau.

It was on an uninhabited island, called Turtlehead Island, which lay close to the coast, and I determined to explore while my captain took his vessel to a place where a trepang cargo awaited him.

Rick identified fresh-grated coconut, the tiny dried fish known as Bombay duck, fresh ginger, chutney, red peppers, green peppers, pickled peppers, oyster sauce, black-bean sauce, chopped cashew nuts, mango pickles, strips of dried trepang, and pickled banana buds.