trepang
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of trepang
1775–85; < Malay təripaŋ (spelling teripang ) < an unidentified source
Example Sentences
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They are traditional Indonesian boats known as praus and they brought Muslim fishermen from the flourishing trading city of Makassar in search of trepang, or sea cucumbers.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2014
The chief articles exported by my captors were bees’ wax and camphor, honey, vegetable tallow, areca-nuts, trepang dawma, sharks’ fins, tortoise-shell, edible birds’ nests, and pearls.
From Mark Seaworth by Kingston, William Henry Giles
The trepang is a sort of sea-slug, which is dried and used by the Chinese to make soup.
From Mark Seaworth by Kingston, William Henry Giles
There are many productions of the archipelago which are only valued in the East, such as bêche-de-mer, or trepang; edible birds' nests, &c.
From Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery by Marryat, Frank
Their flesh diet includes wild pigs, birds, fish, and trepang.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir
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