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Ichthyosaurus

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

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The typical genus of Ichthyosauridæ. I. communis is one of the earliest- and best-known species.

n. [l. c.; pl. ichthyosauri (-rī).] A species of the genus Ichthyosaurus; an ichthyosaur.

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n. ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic

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"The animal to which the name ichthyosaurus has been given, was as long as a young whale, and it was fitted for living in the water, though breathing the atmosphere."

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ichthyosaur

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ichthyosauruses ichthyosauri

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ichthyosaur

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