Ichthyosaur is an English word with synonyms like archosaur or archosaurian. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Ichthyosaur meaning
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.
Synonyms of Ichthyosaur
Using Ichthyosaur
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: archosaur, archosaurian, archosaurian reptile.
- In the example corpus, ichthyosaur often appears in combinations such as: ichthyosaur skeleton, the ichthyosaur.
Context around Ichthyosaur
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ichthyosaur
- In this selection, "ichthyosaur" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pregnant, first, own, skeleton, fossils and skeletons stand out and add context to how "ichthyosaur" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a fine ichthyosaur skeleton on and allow the ichthyosaur to become. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ichthyosaur" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ichthyosaur
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Artist’s depiction of the pregnant Ichthyosaur, with cutaway revealing embryos. (11 words)
Vertebrate fossils, such as ichthyosaur skeletons, sold for more, but were much rarer. (13 words)
King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony visited her shop in 1844 and purchased an ichthyosaur skeleton for his extensive natural history collection. (22 words)
For these reasons, the researchers have been unable to determine exactly whether the ichthyosaur was latest Triassic or earliest Jurassic in age, although it is roughly 200 million-year-old. (30 words)
Her discoveries included the first ichthyosaur skeleton correctly identified; the first two more complete plesiosaur skeletons found; the first pterosaur skeleton located outside Germany; and important fish fossils. (28 words)
The business had become important enough that the move was covered in the local paper, which noted that the shop had a fine ichthyosaur skeleton on display. (27 words)
Example sentences (8)
The fundraiser will allow the Ichthyosaur to become a permanent part of the museum's impressive new galleries which are set to open this autumn.
Artist’s depiction of the pregnant Ichthyosaur, with cutaway revealing embryos.
For these reasons, the researchers have been unable to determine exactly whether the ichthyosaur was latest Triassic or earliest Jurassic in age, although it is roughly 200 million-year-old.
Her discoveries included the first ichthyosaur skeleton correctly identified; the first two more complete plesiosaur skeletons found; the first pterosaur skeleton located outside Germany; and important fish fossils.
King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony visited her shop in 1844 and purchased an ichthyosaur skeleton for his extensive natural history collection.
She showed it to her friend Elizabeth Philpot who was able to revivify the ink and use it to illustrate some of her own ichthyosaur fossils.
The business had become important enough that the move was covered in the local paper, which noted that the shop had a fine ichthyosaur skeleton on display.
Vertebrate fossils, such as ichthyosaur skeletons, sold for more, but were much rarer.
Common combinations with ichthyosaur
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: