Definitions for bêche-de-merˌbɛʃ dəˈmɛər, ˌbeɪʃ-
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
bêche-de-mer*ˌbɛʃ dəˈmɛər, ˌbeɪʃ-(n.)(pl.)bêch•es-de-mer; bêche-de-mer
a trepang.
Category: Invertebrates
Often, Bêche-de-Mer.
Category: Peoples
Ref: Bislama.
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Origin of bêche-de-mer:
1805–15; erroneously for F biche de mer < Pg bicho do mar lit., animal of the sea
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Beche-de-mer
a slug, called also the trepang, procured on the coral reefs of the Pacific, which is dried and eaten as a dainty by the Chinese.
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