Othniel
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Mitch Noble, who helped organise the vigil and a fundraiser for the family which has raised more than £8,000, called Othniel a "super-friendly and nice lad".
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2025
For rough digging, DePalma likes to use his bayonet and a handheld Marsh pick, popularized by the nineteenth-century Yale paleontologist Othniel C. Marsh, who pioneered dinosaur-hunting in the American West and discovered eighty new species.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 29, 2019
The first known fossil of the ancient bird Ichthyornis was unearthed in 1870 in Kansas, under the direction of legendary fossil-hunter Othniel Charles Marsh.
From National Geographic ● May 2, 2018
In 1876, William is goaded by a rival into passing up a cushy vacation in Europe for a hardscrabble expedition on the American frontier with paleontologist Othniel Marsh.
From Washington Post ● May 18, 2017
It was between two strange and ruthless men, Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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