trə̇ˈpaŋ, trēˈ-, -ˈpaiŋ noun
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Etymology: Malay tĕripang
: any of several large holothurians mostly of the genera Actinopyga and Holothuria that are taken in vast quantities in northern Australia and the East Indies and to some extent along other warm coasts, boiled, dried, smoked, and used especially by the Chinese for making soup — called also bêche-de-mer