bichir

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English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

bichir

a bichir

Wikispecies has information on:

Polypteridae

Etymology

The word bichir has its origins (probably pre-1970s) via French from dialect Arabic abu shīr.^[1]

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -iːtʃə(ɹ), -ɪə(ɹ), -ɪtʃə(ɹ)

Noun

bichir (plural bichirs)

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

Translations

fish

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
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Greek: βιχήρ ο πολύπτερος m (vichír o polýpteros)

References

^ https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bichir accessed 25 April 2019

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