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Webster 1913 Edition
Trepang
Tre-pang′
,Noun.
[Malay
trīpang
.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of which are dried and extensively used as food in China; – called also
bêche de mer
, sea cucumber
, and sea slug
. [Written also
tripang
.] ☞ The edible trepangs are mostly large species of
Holothuria
, especially Holothuria edulis
. They are taken in vast quantities in the East Indies
, where they are dried and smoked, and then shipped to China
. They are used as an ingredient in certain kinds of soup.