ichthyosaur

Borrowed from translingual Ichthyosaurus, equivalent to Ancient Greek ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”) + Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪkθiəsɔːɹ/

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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.

• ichthyosaurus