ichthyosaurus

American  

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

noun

• ichthyosauruses
  plural

1. ichthyosaur.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ichthyosauruses
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of ichthyosaurus

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

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Example Sentences

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ichthyosaurus ichthyosauruses

“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

"I have been reading up a lot on the pterodactyl and ichthyosaurus and other small, playful animals of the beginning of the world variety," she confided to Miriam.

From Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College by Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower

And here is a cast of the pterodactyle and bones of the ichthyosaurus and the plesiosaurus, just as fresh-looking as if it had been recently dug up in a churchyard.

From Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02 by Thomas Henry Huxley

She was awfully glad, because she said: 'I have long feared my dear beautiful Aunt would marry an ichthyosaurus.'

From Through the Postern Gate A Romance in Seven Days by Florence L. (Florence Louisa) Barclay

"They are the vertebræ of an ichthyosaurus," lisped the child, unable to speak plainly.

From Famous Men of Science by Sarah K. Bolton

But the dragons are dead and converted into poor fossil ichthyosauruses, incapable of biting the timidest damsel or the most corpulent knight that ever came out of the Stock Exchange.

From G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study by Julius West

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