bichir

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bichir

/bɪˈʃiːɹ/ US
/biˈʃiːɹ/ US
/ˈbiːʃɚ/ US
/ˈbɪʃɚ/ US
/ˈbɪtʃɚ/ US
/ˈbaɪkɚ/ US
/ˈbɪtʃə/ UK

Sounds like bitcher, biker · Rhymes with -ɪtʃə(ɹ)

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

noun bichirs

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

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noun fish

Ελληνικά	βιχήρ ο πολύπτερος vichír o polýpteros
العربية	بَشِير bašīr, أَبُو بَشِير ʔabū bašīr

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@misc{bichir_2026,
  title = {bichir},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bichir},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}