ichthyosaur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Ichthyosaurus, equivalent to ichthyo- +‎ -saur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪkθiəsɔːɹ/

Noun

ichthyosaur (plural ichthyosaurs)

1. Any of several 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.

Synonyms

• ichthyosaurus

Translations

extinct reptile

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 魚龍 / 鱼龙 (zh) (yúlóng)

• Crimean Tatar: ihtiozavr
• Dutch: ichthyosauriër m
• Esperanto: iĥtiosaŭro, iktiosaŭro
• Finnish: kalalisko (fi)
• French: ichtyosaure (fr) m
• German: Fischechse f, Fischeidechse f, Fischsaurier m, Ichthyosaurier (de) m, Ichthyosaurus (de) m
• Greek: ιχθυόσαυρος (el) m (ichthyósavros)
• Italian: ittiosauro m
• Japanese: 魚竜 (ja) (ぎょりゅう, gyoryū)
• Korean: 어룡 (eoryong)
• Latin: ichthyosaurus
• Polish: ichtiozaur m
• Portuguese: ictiossauro m
• Romanian: ihtiozaur (ro) m
• Russian: ихтиоза́вр (ru) m (ixtiozávr), р̀ыбоя́щер (ru) m (r̀ybojáščer)
• Slovene: ihtiozaverr m
• Spanish: ictiosaurio (es) m
• Swedish: fisködla (sv) c, ichthyosaurie c
• Tagalog: isdambayawak
• Ukrainian: іхтіоза́вр m (ixtiozávr)
• Volapük: liktiosaur