tre·pang (tr -p ng )n. A sea cucumber of the genus Holothuria of the southern Pacific and Indian oceans, dried or smoked for use as an ingredient in soup, especially in China and Indonesia. Also called bêche-de-mer. [Malay teripang.] |
trepang [trɪˈpæŋ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various large sea cucumbers of tropical Oriental seas, the body walls of which are used as food by the Japanese and Chinese Also called bêche-de-mer
[from Malay těripang]
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| Noun | 1. |  trepang - of warm coasts from Australia to Asia; used as food especially by Chineseholothurian, sea cucumber - echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders genus Holothuria, Holothuria - type genus of the Holothuridae |
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