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		Definition of bateau-mouche in English: bateau-mouchenounˌbatəʊˈmuːʃbatomuʃ A pleasure boat that takes sightseers on the Seine in Paris.  Example sentencesExamples -  Water taxis and tour boats, which are to a Parisian bateau mouche what the armadillo is to the ankylosaur, plow the Riverwalk loop.
 -  From Canary Wharf, we boarded a kind of bateau mouche and embarked on an hour-long journey on the river.
 -  The modern Bateau-Mouche, a design ideal for navigating shallow rivers and canals.
 -  Starting at the Palais Rohan, where Napoleon dumped Josephine, long glass-roofed bateaux mouches, or river barges, follow a lazy route through the Ill canals.
 -  For me, that meant a stroll down to the river, followed by an afternoon on a bateau mouche - one of the large, flat boats that take goggle-eyed tourists up and down the Seine.
 
 
 Origin   French, literally 'fly boat', because of the boat's mobility.     |