Ichthyornis
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”) and ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”).
Proper noun
†Ichthyornis m
- A taxonomic genus within the family †Ichthyornithidae – an extinct flying reptile.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Ornithurae – subclass; Odontotormae – infraclass; Ichthyornithiformes – order; Ichthyornithidae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Ichthyornis dispar – type species
References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Ichthyornis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “Ichthyornis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Ichthyornis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ichthyornis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- “Ichthyornis”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026