ichthyosaurus
Americannoun
PLURAL
ichthyosaurusesEtymology
Origin of ichthyosaurus
Example Sentences
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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
Aged 12, she and her brother discovered one of the first ichthyosaurus skeletons; she would make many other pioneering finds, and become immensely knowledgeable in the emerging field of palaeontology.
From The Guardian
“I propose to assign the name Ichthyosauro-coprus to the fossil faeces which are thus evidently derived from ichthyosauri.”
From Scientific American
Most of the vegetable monsters went out with the ichthyosaurus, and as for the few that remain, they will yet be an affront to the pigmies who are swarming on the earth.
From Project Gutenberg
The enormous frames of all sorts of huge monsters, and the great lizard called the ichthyosaurus, had been replaced by smaller and more graceful creatures, who could move lightly and easily through this new world.
From Project Gutenberg
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