bichir

Wikispecies

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

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

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

bichir (plural bichirs)

1. Any ray-finned fish of the genus Polypterus in the family Polypteridae, having elongated bodies covered in thick, bone-like, ganoid scales.

• polypterid
• cladistian

• saddled bichir