Meanings
bêche-de-mer1
nounbêche-de-mer (plural bêches-de-mer)
plural bêches-de-mer · alternative bêche de mer
- Synonym of sea cucumber.
The Hunter had called in at Fiji to collect sandalwood and bêche de mer on a voyage between Calcutta and New South Wales.
2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 18Synonyms: sea cucumber
Bêche-de-Mer2
proper noun
- Bislama (language).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of sea cucumber.
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Origin
- Frenchbêche-de-mer
- Englishbêche-de-mer
Unadapted borrowing from French bêche-de-mer.
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