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from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or having the characters of the Ichthyopterygia; ichthyosaurian.
- noun One of the Ichthyopterygia; an ichthyosaur.
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chained_bear commented on the word ichthyopterygian
"a. adj. Belonging to the Ichthyopterygia, an order of extinct marine reptiles in Owen's classification (1860, Palæont. 198-9), so named from the paddle- or fin-like character of the digits of the fore and hind limbs, the type of which is the ichthyosaurus; ichthyosaurian. b. n. A reptile of this order; an ichthyosaurian." (OED)
September 5, 2008