FAMILY ICHTHYOSAURIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Ichthyosauridae mean? 

• FAMILY ICHTHYOSAURIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY ICHTHYOSAURIDAE has 1 sense:

1. later ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous; widely distributed in both hemispheres

  Familiarity information: FAMILY ICHTHYOSAURIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY ICHTHYOSAURIDAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Later ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous; widely distributed in both hemispheres

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Ichthyosauridae; Ichthyosauridae

Hypernyms ("family Ichthyosauridae" is a kind of...):

reptile family (a family of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "family Ichthyosauridae"):

genus Ichthyosaurus (type genus of the Ichthyosauridae)

genus Stenopterygius (a reptile genus of Ichthyosauridae)

Holonyms ("family Ichthyosauridae" is a member of...):

Ichthyosauria; order Ichthyosauria (extinct marine reptiles: ichthyosaurs)