ichthyosaur

Noun

Meaning

One of the Ichthyosaura.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ichthyosaurus brontosaurus dinosaur alligator iguanodon sauropod archosaur plesiosaur ceratosaurus triceratops stegosaurus megalosaurus diplodocus ornithopod Ornithischia
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Hypernyms

archosaur archosaurian archosaurian reptile

Hyponyms

ichthyosaurus stenopterygius stenopterygius quadrisicissus

Derivatives

ichthyosauruses

Examples

Her discoveries included the first ichthyosaur skeleton correctly identified; the first two more complete plesiosaur skeletons found; the first pterosaur skeleton located outside Germany; and important fish fossils. Source: Internet

King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony visited her shop in 1844 and purchased an ichthyosaur skeleton for his extensive natural history collection. Source: Internet

She showed it to her friend Elizabeth Philpot who was able to revivify the ink and use it to illustrate some of her own ichthyosaur fossils. Source: Internet

The business had become important enough that the move was covered in the local paper, which noted that the shop had a fine ichthyosaur skeleton on display. Source: Internet

Vertebrate fossils, such as ichthyosaur skeletons, sold for more, but were much rarer. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

ichthyosarcotoxic ichthyosarcotoxin ichthyosarcotoxism ichthyosauri ichthyosauria ichthyosaurian