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Noun: bêche-de-mer
  1. A type of sea cucumber, found on warm coasts from Australia to Asia; used as food especially by Chinese
    "bêche-de-mer is considered a delicacy in many Asian cuisines";
    - trepang, Holothuria edulis
     
  2. An English-based creole spoken on the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu
    - beach-la-mar, Beach-la-mar, Bislama

Type of: creole, holothurian, sea cucumber

Part of: genus Holothuria, Holothuria

Encyclopedia: Bêche-de-mer