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
- precisianism
- precision
- precisional
- precision approach radar
- precision bombing
- precisioner
- precision-guided
- precisionise
- precisionize
- precision tool
- precision-tooled
- precisive
- precited
- pre-civil
- preclassic
- pre-classical
- preclear
- pre-clearance
- preclimax
- preclinical
- precloacal
- pre-close
- preclose
- pre-Clovis
- preclude