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BECHE-DE-MER [2 records]

Record 1 1999-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
DEF

The eviscerated, boiled, smoked and dried body of any of species of sea cucumber, used, esp. in the Orient, for making soup.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
DEF

Nom donné à diverses espèces de grosses holothuries comestibles de la mer Rouge, des océans Indien et du Pacifique.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

An English-based pidgin used widely in Melanesia as a trade and mission language; it also has become the native languages of the Bismark archipelago, the Solomon islands and the lingua franca of the Trust Territory of New Guinea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Pidgin mélanésien, à vocabulaire essentiellement anglais, employé dans les îles du Pacifique sud et en Nouvelle-Guinée.

Spanish

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