GENUS ICHTHYOSAURUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Ichthyosauridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Ichthyosaurus" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ichthyosaurus"):

ichthyosaurus (ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic)

Holonyms ("genus Ichthyosaurus" is a member of...):

family Ichthyosauridae; Ichthyosauridae (later ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous; widely distributed in both hemispheres)

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