ich·thy·o·saur

(ĭk′thē-ə-sôr′)

Any of various extinct marine reptiles of the group Ichthyosauria or Ichthyopterygia of the Mesozoic Era, having a long flexible body with fins and an elongated toothed snout.

[From New Latin Ichthyosaurus, type genus of the group : Greek ikhthuo-, ichthyo- + Greek sauros, lizard.]

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ichthyosaur

(ˈɪkθɪəˌsɔː) or

ichthyosaurus

n, pl -saurs, -sauruses or -sauri (-ˈsɔːraɪ)

(Palaeontology) any extinct marine Mesozoic reptile of the order Ichthyosauria, which had a porpoise-like body with dorsal and tail fins and paddle-like limbs. See also plesiosaur

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ich•thy•o•saur

(ˈɪk θi əˌsɔr)

n.

any large fishlike reptile of the extinct order Ichthyosauria, having four flippers and a prominent caudal fin.

[1820–30; < New Latin]

ich`thy•o•sau′ri•an, adj., n.

ich·thy·o·saur

(ĭk′thē-ə-sôr′)

Any of various extinct sea reptiles of the Mesozoic Era having a long beak, four flippers, a dolphin-like body, and a tail with a large fin.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

ichthyosaur - any of several marine reptiles of the Mesozoic having a body like a porpoise with dorsal and tail fins and paddle-shaped limbs

archosaur, archosaurian, archosaurian reptile - extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts

Ichthyosauria, order Ichthyosauria - extinct marine reptiles: ichthyosaurs

ichthyosaurus - ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic

stenopterygius, Stenopterygius quadrisicissus - an ichthyosaur of the genus Stenopterygius

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Dian told me they were tandorazes, or tandors of the sea, and that the other, and more fearsome reptiles, which occasionally rose from the deep to do battle with them, were azdyryths, or sea-dyryths--Perry called them Ichthyosaurs. They resembled a whale with the head of an alligator.

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