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PRONUNCIATION OF ICHTHYOSAUR

ichthyosaur  [ˈɪkθɪəˌsɔː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ICHTHYOSAUR

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Ichthyosaur is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ICHTHYOSAUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ichthyosaur

Ichthyosaur

Ichthyosaurs were large marine reptiles. Ichthyosaurs belong to the order known as Ichthyosauria or Ichthyopterygia. Ichthyosaurs thrived during much of the Mesozoic era; based on fossil evidence, they first appeared approximately 250 million years ago and at least one species survived until about ninety million years ago, into the Late Cretaceous. During the early Triassic Period, ichthyosaurs evolved from a group of, as yet, unidentified land reptiles that returned to the sea, in a development parallel to that of the ancestors of modern-day dolphins and whales, which they gradually came to resemble in a case of convergent evolution. They were particularly abundant in the later Triassic and early Jurassic Period, until they were replaced as the top aquatic predators by another marine reptilian group, the Plesiosauria, in the later Jurassic and Cretaceous Period. In the Late Cretaceous ichthyosaurs became extinct for as yet unclear reasons. Science became aware of the existence of ichthyosaurs, during the early nineteenth century when the first complete skeletons were found in England. In 1834, the order Ichthyosauria was named.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ICHTHYOSAUR


allosaur
ˈæləˌsɔː
apatosaur
əˈpætəˌsɔː
archosaur
ˈɑːkəˌsɔː
brontosaur
ˈbrɒntəˌsɔː
carnosaur
ˈkɑːnəˌsɔː
Chickasaw
ˈtʃɪkəˌsɔː
cotylosaur
ˈkɒtɪləˌsɔː
deinosaur
ˈdaɪnəˌsɔː
dinosaur
ˈdaɪnəˌsɔː
hadrosaur
ˈhædrəˌsɔː
mosasaur
ˈməʊsəˌsɔː
plesiosaur
ˈpliːsɪəˌsɔː
pterosaur
ˈtɛrəˌsɔː
quartersaw
ˈkwɔːtəˌsɔː
stegosaur
ˈstɛɡəˌsɔː
teleosaur
ˈtɛlɪəˌsɔː
titanosaur
taɪˈtænəˌsɔː
tyrannosaur
tɪˈrænəˌsɔː
vavasor
ˈvævəˌsɔː
vavassor
ˈvævəˌsɔː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ICHTHYOSAUR

ichthyoid
ichthyoidal
ichthyolatrous
ichthyolatry
ichthyolite
ichthyolitic
ichthyologic
ichthyological
ichthyologically
ichthyologist
ichthyology
ichthyophagist
ichthyophagous
ichthyophagy
ichthyopsid
ichthyornis
ichthyosauri
ichthyosaurus
ichthyosis
ichthyotic

WORDS THAT END LIKE ICHTHYOSAUR

ankylosaur
balisaur
baur
centaur
coelurosaur
daur
duck-billed dinosaur
elasmosaur
faur
gaur
Kaur
megalosaur
Minotaur
ornithosaur
pelycosaur
pliosaur
scaur
supersaur
waur
whaur

Synonyms and antonyms of ichthyosaur in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ichthyosaur» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

鱼龙
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ictiosaurio
570 millions of speakers

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ichthyosaur
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ichthyosaur
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإكثيوصورات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ихтиозавр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ichthyosaur
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ichthyosaur
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ichthyosaur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ichthyosaur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ichthyosaurier
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

魚竜
130 millions of speakers

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어룡
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ichthyosaur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ichthyosaur
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ichthyosaur
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इचिथायोओर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ichthyosaur´da
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ittiosauro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Ichthyosaur
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

іхтіозавр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ichthyosaur
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιχθυόσαυρος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ichthyosaur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ichthyosaur
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Ichthyosaur
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ichthyosaur

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ICHTHYOSAUR»

The term «ichthyosaur» is normally little used and occupies the 114.033 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ICHTHYOSAUR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ichthyosaur

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ICHTHYOSAUR»

Discover the use of ichthyosaur in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ichthyosaur and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ichthyosaur
"Learn all about the life of the Ichthyosaur"--
Josh Gregory, 2013
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Bob's Ichthyosaur
A study in time of old men and the things that they do. In a town, like any town, there is one man that is different. This man is in search of an extinct creature, and in search of himself.
John Britt, 2004
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SP005: Child of the rocks, the story of Berlin-Ichthyosaur ...
Charles Lewis Camp. Collapse of the Ancient Seaway Millions of years went by, as the sea rocks piled up weighing down the thin crust of the earth. The earth crust was bending more and more like a plastic bowl and finally ruptured, breaking ...
Charles Lewis Camp
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New Scientist
Ichthyosaurs are neither fish-reptiles nor reptilian dolphins. Dolphins beat their tails up and down and the shark's tail is the reverse of the ichthyosaur 's. The reptile's efficient tail fin evolved from a long newt-like tail that beat from side to side ...
5
Science and Religion in Neo-Victorian Novels: Eye of the ...
Eye of the Ichthyosaur John Glendening. we escape “the imprisonment of normal expectation” (70); this happens to Holland in a jumbled dream filled with imagery of prehistoric animals. In it he says to a “companion” representing the desired ...
John Glendening, 2013
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SP026: Traveling America's loneliest road: A geologic and ...
1.4 67.7 CH SIDE TRIP 5, BERLIN-ICHTHYOSAUR STATE PARK 67.76 2.2 69.9 0.1 70.0CH 70.0 1.0 71.0 CH 71.0 The Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park was established in 1957 to protect and display North America's most abundant ...
Kris Ann Pizarro, 2010
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Studies on the Mesozoic of Sonora and adjacent areas
A second ichthyosaur taxon at El Antimonio is represented by isolated dorsal vertebral centra from horizons A, D, and E. These small centra (Fig. 3) are deeply biconcave and relatively long (length is slightly more than one-half of central height ...
César Jacques-Ayala, Carlos M. González-Léon, Jaime Roldán-Quintana, 1995
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Dinosaurs, Spitfires, and Sea Dragons
The best-known species are the English Ophthalmosaurus icenicus and the American 0. discus. Like many of its Lower Jurassic predecessors, Ophthalmosaurus is a dolphin-sized ichthyosaur, reaching a length of about thirteen feet (4 m).
Christopher McGowan, 1991
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Ancient Marine Reptiles
The most common ichthyosaur, Mixosaurus, was unusual compared to later ichthyosaurs in that it had heterodont dentition. The front teeth were slender, pointed cones, whereas the back teeth were very blunt pegs. The morphologies in a ...
Jack M. Callaway, Elizabeth L. Nicholls, 1997
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Women Scientists and Inventors: A Science Puzzle Book
In the early 1800s, a passion for collecting fossils led one British female to discover the first complete ichthyosaur skeleton. Ichthyosaurs are extinct marine reptiles that lived between 65 million and 225 million years ago and were native to ...
Jacquelyn A. Greenblatt, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ICHTHYOSAUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ichthyosaur is used in the context of the following news items.
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Cooyoo discovery is the catch of the year for paleontologists
“They found the bones of an Ichthyosaur in their back paddock. After I examined it, I started flipping over mudstone,” he said. “Suddenly I was ... «Perth Now, Jul 15»
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How to Put an 18-Foot Sea Monster Into the Limelight
The complete 150 million year old ichthyosaur "Gamla", now on display at the The complete 150-million-year-old ichthyosaur, Gamla, is now on ... «National Geographic, Jul 15»
3
Reborn Reno steals the limelight from Las Vegas
An articulated sculpture of the state's dinosaur, ichthyosaur, now hangs motionless yet still magnificent from the ceiling of kid-focused Discovery ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
4
Killarney students marvel at sculptures destined for museum
Students and staff were joined by children from Little Rascals Childcare Centre to view a newly- completed ichthyosaur, a commissioned work ... «Warwick Daily News, Jun 15»
5
Central Nevada state park preserves ghost town, fossil beds
This wall, located in the fossil shelter parking area of Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park, shows visitors what an Ichthyosaur might have looked like. «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jun 15»
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'Ghost image' shows how ichthyosaur ruled the seas
For much of the time dinosaurs were lording over the land, sleek marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs were the masters of the sea. «Science /AAAS, Jun 15»
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Fire restrictions to begin Friday in western Nevada
NDF — all areas, roads and trails on state lands including the following state parks: Lake Tahoe Nevada, Washoe Lake, Berlin-Ichthyosaur, ... «Reno Gazette Journal, Jun 15»
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The real sea monsters
Today's sperm whales, which hunt giant squid in deep waters, are dark gray all over, he notes. So, it's very possible that the ancient ichthyosaur ... «Science News for Students, Jun 15»
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Deep thoughts: brain of ancient sea creature reconstructed by Bristol …
The world's first study into the brain anatomy of an ichthyosaur, a marine reptile that lived at the same time as the dinosaurs, has shed light on ... «University of Bristol, Jun 15»
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Adelaide family discovers ancient ichthyosaur bones in outback …
Several flipper bones and vertebrae of an ichthyosaur - an extinct marine reptile - were unearthed last week at Richmond's Kronosaurus Korner ... «ABC Online, Jun 15»

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