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GENUS ICHTHYOSAURUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ichthyosaurus mean?
• GENUS ICHTHYOSAURUS (noun)
The noun GENUS ICHTHYOSAURUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Ichthyosauridae
Familiarity information: GENUS ICHTHYOSAURUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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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