单词 | to bêche-de-mer |
释义 | > as lemmasto bêche-de-mer a. A marine animal, an echinoderm ( Holothuria edulis), called also Trepang, Sea-cucumber, Sea-slug, eaten as a luxury by the Chinese. Hence a verb to bêche-de-mer. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Holothurioidea > order Actinopoda > member of genus Holothuria sea-slug1779 swallo1779 trepang1783 sea-swallow1802 bêche-de-mer1814 cotton-fish1851 cotton-spinner1908 1814 Flinders Voy. Terra Austr. in Penny Cycl. XII. 270/2 The beche-de-mer, or sea-cucumber, which we had first seen on the reefs of the east coast. 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. II. §1023 Those who go bêche-de-mer-ing, as the employment is commonly termed. 1849 W. T. Power Sketches in N.Z. xxiii. 216 The bêche-de-mer and shark-fins, both of which..are valuable articles of trade with China. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. ‘Extra’ 24 July 20/2 This so-called ‘Bêche de Mer’ is a sea-slug, found among the Polynesian islands and in the Pacific seas generally. 1947 I. L. Idriess Isles of Despair xxxviii. 251 The venturesome crews had found a rich patch of bêche-de-mer. < as lemmas |
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