ichthyosaurus
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Origin of ichthyosaurus
From New Latin, dating back to 1825–35; see origin at ichthyo-, -saurus
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“It is definitely a surprise,” said Benjamin C. Moon, an ichthyosaurus researcher at the University of Bristol in England who was not involved with the research.
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2021
Here was the fossil nautilus that sailed the primeval seas; here was the skeleton of the mastodon, the ichthyosaurus, the cave-bear, the prodigious elk.
From Sketches New and Old, Part 3. by Twain, Mark
If John Dene had asked where he could borrow an ichthyosaurus, Sir Lyster and Sir Bridgman could not have gazed at him with more astonishment.
From John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall by Jenkins, Herbert George
The primeval region into which I have penetrated, as I informed you yesterday—the ichthyosaurus belt—was peopled by tribes considerably advanced in some of the arts almost within historic times: in 1920.
From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 by Bierce, Ambrose
When Monet is dead it will be as impossible to paint an impressionistic picture as to revive the ichthyosaurus.
From Memoirs of My Dead Life by Moore, George (George Augustus)
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