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trepang

American  
[trih-pang] / trɪˈpæŋ /

noun

  1. any of various holothurians or sea cucumbers, as Holothuria edulis, used as food in China.

trepang British  
/ trɪˈpæŋ /

noun

  1. Also called: bêche-de-mer.  any of various large sea cucumbers of tropical Oriental seas, the body walls of which are used as food by the Japanese and Chinese

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Etymology

Origin of trepang

1775–85; < Malay təripaŋ (spelling teripang ) < an unidentified source

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