ichthyosaur

English

Alternative forms

ichthyosaurus

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin Ichthyosaurus

Noun

ichthyosaur (plural ichthyosaurs)

Any of several extinct fishlike reptiles, of the order Ichthyosauria, that had a body somewhat like a porpoise. [from c. 1830]

Translations

extinct reptile

Chinese:
Mandarin: 魚龍 (zh), 鱼龙 (zh) (yúlóng)
Crimean Tatar: ihtiozavr
Finnish: kalalisko (fi)
French: ichtyosaure (fr) m
German: Fischechse f, Fischeidechse f, Fischsaurier m, Ichthyosaurier m, Ichthyosaurus m
Italian: ittiosauro m
Japanese: 魚竜 (ja) (ぎょりゅう, gyoryū)

Polish: ichtiozaur m
Portuguese: ictiossauro m
Romanian: ihtiozaur (ro) m
Russian: ихтиоза́вр (ru) m (ixtiozávr)
Spanish: ictiosaurio m
Tagalog: isdambayawak
Volapük: liktiosaur

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