ichthyosaurus

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/ˌɪkθiəˈsɔːɹəs/

noun

Any members of the genus Ichthyosaurus.

Origintranslingual Ichthyosaurus →
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Meanings

nounichthyosaurus (plural ichthyosauri)

plural ichthyosauri

  1. alternativearchaicAlternative form of ichthyosaur.

    A deadened burst of mighty splashes and snorts reached us from afar, as though an ichthyosaurus had been taking a bath of glitter in the great river.

    1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 219
  2. Any members of the genus Ichthyosaurus.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
ichthyosaur

Origin

  1. translingualIchthyosaurus
  2. Englishichthyosaurus

Borrowed from translingual Ichthyosaurus, equivalent to ichthyo- + -saurus.

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APA

ichthyosaurus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ichthyosaurus

MLA

“ichthyosaurus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ichthyosaurus. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ichthyosaurus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ichthyosaurus.

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