ichthyosaurus
Americannoun
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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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“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 can distinguish the eye of the ichthyosaurus glowing like a red-hot coal, and as large as a man's head.
From A Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Jules Verne
He may have been contemporary with the amœba, or with the ichthyosaurus, or haply with the earliest quadrumana.
From God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' by William Archer
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 George (George Augustus) Moore
Small as these are they have accomplished infinitely more than all that ever was done by the ichthyosaurus, the plesiosaurus, the pterodactyl, and the whole tribe of monsters that once filled the earth.
From A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder by James De Mille
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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