ichthyosaur

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ichthyosaur

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪkθiəsɔːɹ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

ichthyosaur (plural ichthyosaurs)

1. Any fishlike marine reptiles of the extinct order †Ichthyosauria of the early Triassic to the late Cretaceous period, that had a body somewhat like a porpoise. [from c. 1830]
   • 2013, F. Crescitelli, The Visual System in Vertebrates, page 27:

     The most striking marine reptiles are the fishlike or porpoiselike ichthyosaurs.

Synonyms

• ichthyosaurus

Derived terms

• ichthyosauriform

Translations

extinct reptile

Chinese: Mandarin: 魚龍 / 鱼龙 (zh) (yúlóng) Crimean Tatar: ihtiozavr Dutch: ichthyosauriër m Esperanto: iĥtiosaŭro, iktiosaŭro Finnish: kalalisko (fi) French: ichtyosaure (fr) m German: Fischechse f, Fischeidechse f, Fischsaurier m, Ichthyosaurier (de) m, Ichthyosaurus (de) m Greek: ιχθυόσαυρος (el) m (ichthyósavros) Icelandic: fiskeðla f Italian: ittiosauro m Japanese: 魚竜 (ja) (ぎょりゅう, gyoryū) Korean: 어룡 (eoryong) Latin: ichthyosaurus Polish: ichtiozaur m Portuguese: ictiossauro m Romanian: ihtiozaur (ro) m Russian: ихтиоза́вр (ru) m (ixtiozávr), р̀ыбоя́щер (ru) m (r̀ybojáščer) Slovene: ihtiozaverr m Spanish: ictiosaurio (es) m Swedish: fisködla (sv) c, ichthyosaurie c Tagalog: isdambayawak Ukrainian: іхтіоза́вр m (ixtiozávr) Volapük: liktiosaur