bièvre
definition
Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of BIEVRE s. m.
Espece de loutre ou de castor qui vit dans l'eau & sur terre. En Latin castor, fiber. Menage derive ce mot de bebrus, que les Latins du bas siecle ont dit pour fiber, aussi-bien que bever & beveron. Les Anglois & les Allemands l'appellent bever. Voyez Castor.
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