swallon.
/ˈswɒləʊ/ = sea-slug n. 1, trepang n.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Holothurioidea > order Actinopoda > member of genus Holothuria
sea-slug1779
swallo1779
trepang1783
sea-swallow1802
bêche-de-mer1814
cotton-fish1851
cotton-spinner1908
1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 373 They see the swallo in clear water, and strike it as it lies on the ground, with an instrument, consisting of four bearded iron prongs.
1792 T. Forrest Voy. Mergui 83 They sail in their Paduakans to the northern parts of New Holland..to gather Swallow (Biche de Mer).
1802 Naval Chron. 8 380 Sea swallow (called beach de mar by the Portuguese, and trepong by the Malays).
1836 Penny Cycl. V. 188/2 The tripang swala, or sea-slug (holothurion), is a valuable article of exportation [from Borneo] to China.
1904 A. H. S. Landor Gems of East I. 271 The exports consisting chiefly of Black and White Swallo or Seaslug.
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