bêche-de-mer
Americannoun
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another name for trepang
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See Beach-la-Mar
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of bêche-de-mer
1805–15; erroneously for French biche de mer < Portuguese bicho do mar literally, animal of the sea; cf. Beach-la-Mar
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Amidst the thrilling sensations of the moment Iris found herself idly speculating as to the meaning of bêche-de-mer, and why this common sailor pronounced French so well.
From The Wings of the Morning by Louis Tracy
They took me back safe and sound to the bêche-de-mer station at last, and there I heard all about you, even to the saving of Peter.
From Queensland Cousins by Eleanor Luisa Haverfield
Bêche-de-mer fisheries are a feature of the coast, the bêche-de-mer being a huge sea-slug, thought to be a great delicacy.
From Queensland Cousins by Eleanor Luisa Haverfield
The two active young men were brothers who lived in the next village to his, and the pig had been theirs—so Kwaque narrated in atrocious bêche-de-mer English.
From Michael, Brother of Jerry by Jack London
They were either visiting the island to procure turtle and bêche-de-mer or had merely called there en route to some other destination, and the change in the wind had unexpectedly compelled them to put ashore.
From The Wings of the Morning by Louis Tracy
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