bichir

English

a bichir

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the species epithet of Polypterus bichir taken over in 1802/1803, the years of its collection and description, after Arabic بَشِير (bašīr).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɪˈʃiːɹ/, /biˈʃiːɹ/, /ˈbiːʃɚ/, /ˈbɪʃɚ/, /ˈbɪtʃɚ/, /ˈbajkɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪtʃə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪtʃə(ɹ)
• Homophones: bitcher, biker

Noun

bichir (plural bichirs)

1. Any of a group of ray-finned fish of the family Polypteridae in the order Polypteriformes.

Hypernyms

• polypterid

Hyponyms

• cladistian
• saddled bichir

Translations

fish

• Arabic: بَشِير m (bašīr), أَبُو بَشِير m (ʔabū bašīr)
• Greek: βιχήρ ο πολύπτερος m (vichír o polýpteros)