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It lies just below Aries and the Triangle, and resembles the figure of the prehistoric icthyosaurus, while some see in the outline an easy chair.
A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904
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The megatherium, the icthyosaurus have paced the earth with seven-league steps and hidden the day with cloud vast wings.
Act III 1903
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The megatherium, the icthyosaurus have paced the earth with seven-league steps and hidden the day with cloud vast wings.
Man and Superman George Bernard Shaw 1903
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A deadened burst of mighty splashes and snorts reached us from afar, as though an icthyosaurus had been taking a bath of glitter in the great river.
Heart of Darkness 1902
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A deadened burst of mighty splashes and snorts reached us from afar, as though an icthyosaurus had been taking a bath of glitter in the great river.
Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad 1890
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I have my own notion about Cetus, regarding him as an icthyosaurus: but that is neither here nor there.
Half-Hours with the Stars A Plain and Easy Guide to the Knowledge of the Constellations 1862
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