English
Etymology
From Malay teripang.
Pronunciation
IPA|/trɪ�pæ�/
Noun
en-noun
- bêche-de-mer, sea cucumber.
#:*1988: 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. � Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked (Angus & Robertson 1995, p. 266)
Translations
French: bêche-de-mer f
Category:Malay derivations
ru:trepang
vi:trepang
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