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ichthyosaurus en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɪkθiəˈsɔːɹəs/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, archaic) Alternative form of ichthyosaur.
   alt 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.

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