Definition of bichir in English:

bichir

nounˈbɪʃɪəˈbiSHir

An elongated African freshwater fish with an armour of hard shiny scales and a series of separate fins along its back.
Genus Polypterus, family Polypteridae: several species, including P. senegalus
Example sentencesExamples
- Most of the increase in number of centers in ray-finned fishes also occurs in the gallium, where three subdivisions can be recognized in bichirs and some 13 in teleosts.
- All palaeoniscoids were extinct by the end of the Mesozoic, leaving only a few distant, primitive relatives alive today - the sturgeons, paddlefish, and bichirs.
- Within the Chondrostei, only sturgeons, bichirs and paddlefishes survive today, and many are threatened.
- Today lungs are found not only in land vertebrates but also in a few obscure fish lineages, such as gar, bichir, and lungfish.
- Eleven species of bichirs inhabit shallow floodwater areas in tropical Africa rivers, where they feed on worms, insect larvae, and small insects.

Origin

1960s: via French from dialect Arabic abu shīr.

Definition of bichir in US English:

bichir

nounˈbiSHir

An elongated African freshwater fish with an armor of hard shiny scales and a series of separate fins along its back.
Genus Polypterus, family Polypteridae: several species, including P. senegalus
Example sentencesExamples
- Most of the increase in number of centers in ray-finned fishes also occurs in the gallium, where three subdivisions can be recognized in bichirs and some 13 in teleosts.
- Within the Chondrostei, only sturgeons, bichirs and paddlefishes survive today, and many are threatened.
- Eleven species of bichirs inhabit shallow floodwater areas in tropical Africa rivers, where they feed on worms, insect larvae, and small insects.
- Today lungs are found not only in land vertebrates but also in a few obscure fish lineages, such as gar, bichir, and lungfish.
- All palaeoniscoids were extinct by the end of the Mesozoic, leaving only a few distant, primitive relatives alive today - the sturgeons, paddlefish, and bichirs.

Origin

1960s: via French from dialect Arabic abu shīr.

单词	bichir
释义	Definition of bichir in English: bichir nounˈbɪʃɪəˈbiSHir An elongated African freshwater fish with an armour of hard shiny scales and a series of separate fins along its back. Genus Polypterus, family Polypteridae: several species, including P. senegalus Example sentencesExamples Most of the increase in number of centers in ray-finned fishes also occurs in the gallium, where three subdivisions can be recognized in bichirs and some 13 in teleosts. All palaeoniscoids were extinct by the end of the Mesozoic, leaving only a few distant, primitive relatives alive today - the sturgeons, paddlefish, and bichirs. Within the Chondrostei, only sturgeons, bichirs and paddlefishes survive today, and many are threatened. Today lungs are found not only in land vertebrates but also in a few obscure fish lineages, such as gar, bichir, and lungfish. Eleven species of bichirs inhabit shallow floodwater areas in tropical Africa rivers, where they feed on worms, insect larvae, and small insects. Origin 1960s: via French from dialect Arabic abu shīr. Definition of bichir in US English: bichir nounˈbiSHir An elongated African freshwater fish with an armor of hard shiny scales and a series of separate fins along its back. Genus Polypterus, family Polypteridae: several species, including P. senegalus Example sentencesExamples Most of the increase in number of centers in ray-finned fishes also occurs in the gallium, where three subdivisions can be recognized in bichirs and some 13 in teleosts. Within the Chondrostei, only sturgeons, bichirs and paddlefishes survive today, and many are threatened. Eleven species of bichirs inhabit shallow floodwater areas in tropical Africa rivers, where they feed on worms, insect larvae, and small insects. Today lungs are found not only in land vertebrates but also in a few obscure fish lineages, such as gar, bichir, and lungfish. All palaeoniscoids were extinct by the end of the Mesozoic, leaving only a few distant, primitive relatives alive today - the sturgeons, paddlefish, and bichirs. Origin 1960s: via French from dialect Arabic abu shīr.
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