ichthyosaurus

American  

[ik-thee-uh-sawr-uhs] / ˌɪk θi əˈsɔr əs /

noun

plural

ichthyosauruses

1. ichthyosaur.

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Etymology

Origin of ichthyosaurus

From New Latin, dating back to 1825–35; see origin at ichthyo-, -saurus

Example Sentences

“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

His was the struggle of the individual soul against the same blind and cruel fate that in the past had fashioned the ichthyosaurus and the mastodon.

From The House of the Vampire by Viereck, George Sylvester

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

One night, when I was seated in my rooms beside the fire, preparing lectures on the ichthyosaurus, I was startled by a knock at my door. 

From Masques & Phases by Ross, Robert

In the shallow waters of the oolitic formation, the ichthyosaurus, plesiosaurus, and other huge saurian carnivora of the preceding age, plied, in increased numbers, their destructive vocation.

From Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Chambers, Robert