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ichthyosaur [ˈɪkθɪəˌsɔː], ichthyosaurus [ˌɪkθɪəˈsɔːrəs] n pl -saurs, -sauruses, -sauri [-ˈsɔːraɪ] (Earth Sciences / 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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| 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. |
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