trepang
/trɪˈpaŋ
/noun
Another term for bêche-de-mer (sense 1).Certainly trepang from this trade reached China....
- The flesh of the trepang has to be drenched in water for a long time prior to cooking, in order to remove a lot of the gelatinous goo, or so I'm told.
- This trade included the abundant trepang harvested in north Australia.
Origin
Late 18th century: from Malay teripang.
Rhymes
- mindi
- mindic
- minditch
- mindless
- mindlessly
- mindlessness
- mind link
- mindly
- mind-machine
- mind map
- mind mapping
- mind-meld
- mind-melding
- mind-numbing
- mind-numbingly
- mindon
- mind one's own business
- mind one's Ps & Qs
- mind one's Ps & Qs
- Mindoro
- mind (or watch) one's step
- mind over matter
- mind reader
- mind reading
- mindry