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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Malay

trīpang

(Zool.)

Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of which are dried and extensively used as food in China; – called also

bêche de mer

sea cucumber

, and

sea slug

[Written also

tripang

☞ The edible trepangs are mostly large species of

Holothuria

, especially

Holothuria edulis

. They are taken in vast quantities in the

East Indies

, where they are dried and smoked, and then shipped to

China

. They are used as an ingredient in certain kinds of soup.

trepang ‎(plural trepangs)

Bêche-de-mer, sea cucumber.
- 1988, Tom Cole, **** 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.

sea cucumber — see sea cucumber