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tre·pang
(trĭ-păng′)n.
Any of various large sea cucumbers that are dried or smoked for use as an ingredient in soup, especially in China. Also called bêche-de-mer.
[Malay teripang.]
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trepang
(trɪˈpæŋ)n
(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
[C18: from Malay těripang]
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tre•pang
(trɪˈpæŋ)n.
any of various sea cucumbers, as Holothuria edulis, used as food in Asia.
[1775–85; < Malay təripaŋ]
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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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