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
- western gorilla
- western gray kangaroo
- western grebe
- western grey kangaroo
- western gull
- western hemisphere
- western hemlock
- westerning
- westernise
- Western Islands
- Western Isle
- Western Isles
- Westernism
- westernization
- westernize
- westernizer
- western larch
- westernly
- western man
- western meadowlark
- westernmost
- westernness
- Western Ocean
- western omelet
- western roll