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Definition of Ichthyosaurus

1. Noun. Ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic.

Definition of Ichthyosaurus

1. n. An extinct genus of marine reptiles; - - so named from their short, biconcave vertebræ, resembling those of fishes. Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, Oölitic, and Cretaceous formations.

Definition of Ichthyosaurus

1. Noun. Any of various extinct fishlike marine reptiles of the order ''Ichthyosauria'' of the Triassic period to the Cretaceous Period. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Ichthyosaurus

1. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. 'ichqys, -yos, a fish + say^ros a lizard. An extinct genus of marine reptiles; so named from their short, biconcave vertebrae, resembling those of fishes. Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, Oolitic, and Cretaceous formations. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Ichthyosaurus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1856)
"Notice of the Discovery of ichthyosaurus and other Fossils in the late Arctic Searching Expedition, 1852-54. By Captain Sir EDWARD BELCHER, CB The position ..."

2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1892)
"ichthyosaurus, however, difiere essentially from the dolphins in having the great caudal fin vertically, instead of horizontally, extended. ..."

3. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"By permission of the Translator T •HERE'S a rustling in the rushes, There's a flashing in the sea; There's a tearful ichthyosaurus Swims hither mournfully! ..."

4. Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology by William Buckland (1841)
"ichthyosaurus. NEARLY at the head of the surprising discoveries, which have been made relating to the family of Saurians, we may rank the remains of many ..."

5. The Wonders of Geology: Or, A Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena by Gideon Algernon Mantell, Thomas Rupert Jones (1858)
"IJON 133—PADDLES OF THE ichthyosaurus AND ... Left fore-paddle of the ichthyosaurus- Tig- 2. ... ichthyosaurus ..."

6. The Bridgewater Treatises on the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God, as by Francis Henry Egerton Bridgewater (1836)
"Occipital and Cervical Bones of ichthyosaurus, from the Lias at Lyme Regis. ... Atlas and Axis of a very young ichthyosaurus, (two thirds of nat. size. ..."

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