bichir

English

a bichir

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)

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

Hypernyms

polypterid

Hyponyms

cladistian

Translations

fish

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.