ichthyosaurusn.

/ˌɪkθɪəʊˈsɔːrəs/

Forms: Plural ichthyosauri.

Etymology: modern Latin, < Greek ἰχθύς, ἰχθύο- fish + σαῦρος (= σαύρα) lizard.

Palaeontology.

(a) A genus of extinct marine animals, combining the characters of saurian reptiles and of fishes with some features of whales, and having an enormous head, a tapering body, four paddles, and a long tail. (Their remains are found chiefly in the Lias.) (b) An animal of this genus.

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1831 H. T. De la Beche Geol. Man. vi. 370 Of the various reptiles of this period, the Ichthyosaurus..seems to have been best suited to rule in the waters.

1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 172 Vertebræ of ichthyosauri.

1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. Gloss. 71 Ichthyosaurus, a gigantic fossil marine reptile, intermediate between a crocodile and a fish.

1851 G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (1855) 298 The Ichthyosaurus had the general contour of a dolphin, the head of a lizard, the teeth of a crocodile, the sternal arch of an ornithorhynchus, and the paddles of a whale.

1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. ii. 37 In the extinct Ichthyosaurus the neural arch was permanently distinct from..the centrum.

Derivatives

ichthyosaurian adj. and n.

/ɪkθɪəʊˈsɔːrɪən/ (a) adj. of or pertaining to the ichthyosaurus; belonging to the order Ichthyosauria; (b) n. an animal of this order.

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1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. iii. 79 With his ichthyosaurian snout raised high above the water.

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ichthyoˈsaurid n. an animal of the Ichthyosaurus family, Ichthyosauridæ.

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ichthyoˈsauroid adj. having the form or characters of an ichthyosaurus.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	ichthyosaurus
释义	ichthyosaurusn. /ˌɪkθɪəʊˈsɔːrəs/ Forms: Plural ichthyosauri. Etymology: modern Latin, < Greek ἰχθύς, ἰχθύο- fish + σαῦρος (= σαύρα) lizard. Palaeontology. (a) A genus of extinct marine animals, combining the characters of saurian reptiles and of fishes with some features of whales, and having an enormous head, a tapering body, four paddles, and a long tail. (Their remains are found chiefly in the Lias.) (b) An animal of this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [noun] > Sauria > member of order Ichthyosauria ichthyosaur1830 ichthyosaurus1831 1831 H. T. De la Beche Geol. Man. vi. 370 Of the various reptiles of this period, the Ichthyosaurus..seems to have been best suited to rule in the waters. 1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 172 Vertebræ of ichthyosauri. 1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. Gloss. 71 Ichthyosaurus, a gigantic fossil marine reptile, intermediate between a crocodile and a fish. 1851 G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (1855) 298 The Ichthyosaurus had the general contour of a dolphin, the head of a lizard, the teeth of a crocodile, the sternal arch of an ornithorhynchus, and the paddles of a whale. 1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. ii. 37 In the extinct Ichthyosaurus the neural arch was permanently distinct from..the centrum. Derivatives ichthyosaurian adj. and n. /ɪkθɪəʊˈsɔːrɪən/ (a) adj. of or pertaining to the ichthyosaurus; belonging to the order Ichthyosauria; (b) n. an animal of this order. ΚΠ 1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. iii. 79 With his ichthyosaurian snout raised high above the water. Categories » ichthyoˈsaurid n. an animal of the Ichthyosaurus family, Ichthyosauridæ. Categories » ichthyoˈsauroid adj. having the form or characters of an ichthyosaurus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1831
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