ICHTHYOSAUR • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Ichthyosaur

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Ichthyosaur

noun

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

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ichthyosaurus

order Ichthyosauria

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"Ichthyosaur" Quotes from Famous Books

... popular mind, perhaps, the Ichthyosaur and Plesiosaur are the typical representatives of that extinct race. The two animals, however, belong to very different branches of the reptile world, and are by no means the most formidable of the Mesozoic reptiles. Many orders of the land reptiles sent a branch ...

— The Story of Evolution • Joseph McCabe

Words linked to "Ichthyosaur" : Stenopterygius quadrisicissus, archosaur, stenopterygius, order Ichthyosauria, archosaurian reptile, archosaurian