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bêche de mer

bêche de mer is the alternative form of bêche-de-mer.

Meaning of bêche-de-mer

Noun

bêche-de-mer (plural bêches-de-mer)

  1. 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 18
    Synonyms:
    sea cucumber

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Questions about bêche de mer

What is bêche de mer the alternative form of?
Bêche de mer is the alternative form of bêche-de-mer.

Words near bêche de mer in the dictionary

  1. Bézout
  2. Bézout domain
  3. Bézout's identity
  4. Bézout's lemma
  5. Bézout's theorem
  6. bêche de mer
  7. bêche-de-mer
  8. bêches-de-mer
  9. bête noir
  10. bête noire
  11. bête rouge

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