loup de mer — meaning in English

English meaning

• salt noun A white crystalline substance used to season and preserve food, made mainly of sodium chloride.
• seadog noun A sailor accustomed to the sea.

Senses

loup de mer is used for these senses in English:

• European seabass A highly appreciated marine food fish found in the coastal waters of eastern Atlantic from Cape Verde to southern Norway and in the Mediterranean, (Dicentrarchus labrax).
• salt (slang, countable) A sailor (also old salt).
• sea bass Any of various species of saltwater fish in various families, or a specimen thereof, in several families in order Perciformes
• seadog A sailor accustomed to the sea.

salt — full definition

1. noun A white crystalline substance used to season and preserve food, made mainly of sodium chloride.
2. noun An experienced sailor (usually "old salt").
3. verb To add salt to food, or to sprinkle something throughout for effect.

seadog — full definition

1. noun A sailor accustomed to the sea.
2. noun A seal, especially a harbor seal. (marine mammal)
3. noun A charge resembling the talbot but with scales, webbed feet and a broad tail.
4. noun Synonym of sea puppy.

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