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Ichthyosaurus \Ich`thy*o*sau"rus\, n.; pl. Ichthyosauri. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ichqy`s, -y`os, a fish + say^ros a lizard.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of marine reptiles; -- so named from their short, biconcave vertebr[ae], resembling those of fishes. Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, O["o]litic, and Cretaceous formations.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of ichthyosaur English)
WordNet
n. ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic
[also: ichthyosauri (pl)]
See ichthyosaurus
Usage examples of "ichthyosauri".
The ichthyosauri were not proud: they crawled and floundered as we do.
It might be called a hive with numberless ranges of cells, capriciously arranged, but a hive on a vast scale, and which, instead of bees, might have lodged all the ichthyosauri, megatheriums, and ptero-dactyles of the geological epoch.
It might be called a hive with numberless ranges of cells, capriciously arranged, but a hive on a vast scale, and which, instead of bees, might have lodged all the ichthyosauri, megatheriums, and pterodactyles of the geological epoch.