the eviscerated, boiled, smoked, and dried body of any of several species of sea cucumbers, used, esp. in East Asia, for making soup
Origin of trepangMalay teripang: also name of sea cucumber itself
Any of various large sea cucumbers that are dried or smoked for use as an ingredient in soup, especially in China. Also called bêche-de-mer.
Origin of trepangMalay teripang.
- BÃªche-de-mer, sea cucumber.
From Malay teripang.