bichir
nounUS /bɪˈʃiːɹ/ · UK /ˈbɪtʃə/
Etymology From the species epithet of Polypterus bichir taken over in 1802/1803, the years of its collection and description, after Arabic بَشِير (bašīr).
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Any ray-finned fish of the genus Polypterus in the family Polypteridae, having elongated bodies covered in thick, bone-like, ganoid scales.
- Hypernyms
- polypterid, cladistian
- Hyponyms
- saddled bichir