Definitions for trepangs

trepangs tre·pang

Spelling: [trih-pang]
IPA: /trɪˈpæŋ/

Trepangs is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 519 anagrams from letters in trepangs (aegnprst).

Definitions for trepangs

noun

  1. any of various holothurians or sea cucumbers, as Holothuria edulis, used as food in China.

Origin of trepangs

1775-85; Malay təripaŋ (spelling teripang)

Examples for trepangs

Thousands of junks are annually equipped for the trepang fisheries.

Turtles, trepang and pearl-shell are of some commercial importance.

A small English company is engaged in the industry of trepang fishing.

Half an hour later the proa's cargo of sago and trepang, as well as a doubtful-minded compass, was in the Haliotis.

Bêche-de-mer or "trepang" is a kind of sea slug, and is found on the reefs in a few feet of water.

The trepang is now placed upon hurdles and dried in the sun.

The chief products of the country are mother-of-pearl shell, Bêche-de-mer (or trepang), copra, and tortoise-shell.

The trepang is a sort of sea-slug, which is dried and used by the Chinese to make soup.

trepang (sea-slug, Holothuria) and shark-fins are sent to the Chinese markets; also mother-of-pearl, wax and gold dust.

On the northern coasts are extensive fisheries of trepang, much visited by native traders from the Indian Archipelago.

Word Value for trepangs
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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