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bièvre — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • beaver noun A large semi-aquatic rodent known for gnawing down trees and building dams with the wood.

Senses

bièvre is used for these senses in English:

  • Bièvre A river in France that flows into the Seine in Paris.
  • European beaver A species of beaver, Castor fiber, native to Eurasia.
  • beaver (countable) A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.

beaver — full definition

  1. noun A large semi-aquatic rodent known for gnawing down trees and building dams with the wood.
  2. verb To work hard and steadily at a task (usually "beaver away").

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