dəˈmɛər, ˌbeɪʃ- noun, plural bêch·es-de-mer (especially collectively) bêche-de-mer for 1.
1.
a trepang.
2.
Often, Bêche-de-Mer. Neo-Melanesian.
Origin:
1805–15; erroneously for French biche de mer < Portuguese bicho do mar literally, animal of the sea; cf. Beach-la-Mar
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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| —n , pl bêches-de-mer, bêche-de-mer | |
| 1. | another name for trepang |
| 2. | See Beach-la-Mar |
| [C19: quasi-French, from earlier English biche de mer, from Portuguese bicho do mar worm of the sea] | |
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