trepang

English

Alternative forms

• teripang, tripang

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay teripang.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɹɪˈpaŋ/

Noun

trepang (plural trepangs)

1. Synonym of sea cucumber.
   • 1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, Angus & Robertson, published 1995, page 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.

Derived terms

• trepanger
• trepanging