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ichthyosaur
n.
ichthyosaurus, any one of the extinct gigantic aquatic reptile with short and biconcave vertebrae
Ichthyosaur
Ichthyosaurs (
Greek for "fish lizard" - ιχθυς or
ichthys meaning "fish" and σαυρος or
sauros meaning "lizard") are large marine
reptiles. Ichthyosaurs belong to the order known as
Ichthyosauria or
Ichthyopterygia ('fish flippers' - a designation introduced by Sir
Richard Owen in 1840, although the term is now used more for the parent
clade of the Ichthyosauria).
ichthyosaur
Noun
1. any of several marine reptiles of the Mesozoic having a body like a porpoise with dorsal and tail fins and paddle-shaped limbs
(hypernym) archosaur, archosaurian, archosaurian reptile
(hyponym) ichthyosaurus
(member-holonym) Ichthyosauria, order Ichthyosauria
Ichthyosaur
(n.)
One of the Ichthyosaura.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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