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Definition of Ichthyosaur
1. Noun. Any of several marine reptiles of the Mesozoic having a body like a porpoise with dorsal and tail fins and paddle-shaped limbs.
Group relationships: Ichthyosauria, Order Ichthyosauria
Specialized synonyms: Ichthyosaurus, Stenopterygius, Stenopterygius Quadrisicissus
Definition of Ichthyosaur
1. n. One of the Ichthyosaura.
Definition of Ichthyosaur
1. Noun. Any of several extinct fishlike reptiles, of the order ''Ichthyosauria'', that had a body somewhat like a porpoise. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ichthyosaur
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Medical Definition of Ichthyosaur
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ichthyosaur
Literary usage of Ichthyosaur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"... of the Lias—ichthyosaur and Plesiosaur—Marine Reptile of the Galapagos
Islands—Sudden destruction and burial of ..."
2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"... might have been gradually modified, so as to have successively developed itself
from an ichthyosaur to a Plesiosaur, and thence to a Crocodile. ..."
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