ichthyosaur

[ ik-thee-uh-sawr ]

/ ˈɪk θi əˌsɔr /

noun

any fishlike marine reptile of the extinct order Ichthyosauria, ranging from 4 to 40 feet (1.2 to 12 meters) in length and having a round, tapering body, a large head, four paddlelike flippers, and a vertical caudal fin.

Origin of ichthyosaur

First recorded in 1820–30; see origin at ichthyosaurus

OTHER WORDS FROM ichthyosaur

ich·thy·o·sau·ri·an, adjective, nounich·thy·o·sau·roid, adjective

Words nearby ichthyosaur

ichthyophagous, ichthyophagy, ichthyophthirius, Ichthyornis, ichthyosarcotoxin, ichthyosaur, ichthyosaurus, ichthyosiform erythroderma, ichthyosis, ichthyosis linearis circumscripta, ichthyosis sauroderma

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Example sentences from the Web for ichthyosaur

The Ichthyosaur of the Jurassic is a remarkably fish-like animal.
The Story of Evolution|Joseph McCabe
The Ichthyosaur came of the reptile group which we have called the Diapsids.
The Story of Evolution|Joseph McCabe
Buckland, I think, once indulged in the jeu d'esprit of supposing an ichthyosaur lecturing on the human skull.
A Journey in Other Worlds|John Jacob Astor
Compared with the Ichthyosaur, it was what the giraffe is to the rhinoceros, or the swan to the porpoise.
The Story of the Earth and Man|J. W. Dawson

It is supposed to have lived in shallow seas and estuaries, and to have breathed air like the Ichthyosaur, and our modern cetacea.
A Manual of Elementary Geology|Charles Lyell.

British Dictionary definitions for ichthyosaur

ichthyosaur

ichthyosaurus (ˌɪkθɪəˈsɔːrəs)

/ (ˈɪkθɪəˌsɔː) /

noun plural -saurs, -sauruses or -sauri (-ˈsɔːraɪ)

any extinct marine Mesozoic reptile of the order Ichthyosauria, which had a porpoise-like body with dorsal and tail fins and paddle-like limbsSee also plesiosaur

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Scientific definitions for ichthyosaur

ichthyosaur

[ ĭk′thē-ə-sôr′ ]

Any of various extinct sea reptiles of the genus Ichthyosaurus and related genera, that had a medium-sized to large dolphin-like body with a dorsal fin, four flippers, and a large, crescent-shaped tail. The head had a long beak with sharp teeth, large eyes and earbones, and nostrils near the eyes on top of the skull. Ichthyosaurs were most common and diverse in the Triassic and Jurassic Periods and died out well before the end of the Cretaceous.

单词	ichthyosaur
释义	ichthyosaur [ ik-thee-uh-sawr ] / ˈɪk θi əˌsɔr / noun any fishlike marine reptile of the extinct order Ichthyosauria, ranging from 4 to 40 feet (1.2 to 12 meters) in length and having a round, tapering body, a large head, four paddlelike flippers, and a vertical caudal fin. Origin of ichthyosaur First recorded in 1820–30; see origin at ichthyosaurus OTHER WORDS FROM ichthyosaur ich·thy·o·sau·ri·an, adjective, nounich·thy·o·sau·roid, adjective Words nearby ichthyosaur ichthyophagous, ichthyophagy, ichthyophthirius, Ichthyornis, ichthyosarcotoxin, ichthyosaur, ichthyosaurus, ichthyosiform erythroderma, ichthyosis, ichthyosis linearis circumscripta, ichthyosis sauroderma Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ichthyosaur The Ichthyosaur of the Jurassic is a remarkably fish-like animal. The Story of Evolution\|Joseph McCabe The Ichthyosaur came of the reptile group which we have called the Diapsids. The Story of Evolution\|Joseph McCabe Buckland, I think, once indulged in the jeu d'esprit of supposing an ichthyosaur lecturing on the human skull. A Journey in Other Worlds\|John Jacob Astor Compared with the Ichthyosaur, it was what the giraffe is to the rhinoceros, or the swan to the porpoise. The Story of the Earth and Man\|J. W. Dawson It is supposed to have lived in shallow seas and estuaries, and to have breathed air like the Ichthyosaur, and our modern cetacea. A Manual of Elementary Geology\|Charles Lyell. British Dictionary definitions for ichthyosaur ichthyosaur ichthyosaurus (ˌɪkθɪəˈsɔːrəs) / (ˈɪkθɪəˌsɔː) / noun plural -saurs, -sauruses or -sauri (-ˈsɔːraɪ) any extinct marine Mesozoic reptile of the order Ichthyosauria, which had a porpoise-like body with dorsal and tail fins and paddle-like limbsSee also plesiosaur Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for ichthyosaur ichthyosaur [ ĭk′thē-ə-sôr′ ] Any of various extinct sea reptiles of the genus Ichthyosaurus and related genera, that had a medium-sized to large dolphin-like body with a dorsal fin, four flippers, and a large, crescent-shaped tail. The head had a long beak with sharp teeth, large eyes and earbones, and nostrils near the eyes on top of the skull. Ichthyosaurs were most common and diverse in the Triassic and Jurassic Periods and died out well before the end of the Cretaceous. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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