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

Etymology

Origin of ichthyosaurus

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

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

Still more heteroclitic and unlike existing nature was the pterodactyle, a small lizard, contemporary with the ichthyosaurus and plesiosaurus.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward

There was the ichthyosaurus, a fishlike marine lizard, familiar to us all from a thousand reconstructions, with his long thin body, his strong flippers, his stumpy neck, and his huge pair of staring goggle eyes.

From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Allen, Grant

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

From Famous Men of Science by Bolton, Sarah K.

The animal to which the name ichthyosaurus has been given, was as long as a young whale, and it was fitted for living in the water, though breathing the atmosphere. 

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

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 West, Julius