[besh-duh-mair, beysh-] 
) bêche-de-mer for 1. | 1. | a trepang. |
| 2. | Often, Bêche-de-Mer. Neo-Melanesian. |
[nee-oh-mel-uh-nee-zhuhn, -shuhn] | a pidgin language based on English and spoken in Melanesia, New Guinea, and NE Australia. |
| bêche-de-mer (běsh'də-mâr') n. pl. bêches-de-mer (běsh'də-mâr') See trepang. [French, alteration (influenced by bêche, grub) of biche-de-mer, from Portuguese bicho do mar : bicho, worm (from Late Latin bēstulus, diminutive of Latin bēstia, beast) + do, of the + mar, sea (from Latin mare; see mori- in Indo-European roots).] |