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ichthyosauri


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ichthyosaurus  \Ich`thy*o*sau"rus\,  n.;  pl  {Ichthyosauri}.  [NL., 
  fr  Gr  'ichqy`s,  -y`os,  a  fish  +  say^ros  a  lizard.] 
  (Paleon.) 
  An  extinct  genus  of  marine  reptiles;  --  so  named  from  their 
  short,  biconcave  vertebr[ae],  resembling  those  of  fishes. 
  Several  species,  varying  in  length  from  ten  to  thirty  feet, 
  are  known  from  the  Liassic,  O["o]litic,  and  Cretaceous 
  formations. 




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