Dictionary

trepang en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /tɹɪˈpaŋ/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay teripang.

Meanings

1. Synonym of sea cucumber.
   • The results of all methods on the RUIE detection dataset are shown in Fig. 8, where our method not only achieves superior enhancement but also outperforms other methods in the detection of distant urchins and trepangs. 2025 June 14, Zengxi Zhang, Zhiying Jiang, Long Ma, Jinyuan Liu, Xin Fan, Risheng Liu, “HUPE: Heuristic Underwater Perceptual Enhancement with Semantic Collaborative Learning”, in International Journal of Computer Vision, volume 133, number 6, Springer, →DOI, →ISSN, page 3270:
   • There had been a drop in the mother-of-pearl shell market and quite a few of the pearling luggers had turned their attention to diving for trepang, which had survived the ravages of the depression and was easy to recover, lying in shallow waters. 1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, Angus & Robertson, published 1995, page 266:

Forms

Deriveds

trepanger · trepanging

Synonyms

sea cucumber