ichthyosaurus

• Some authorities think it was an ichthyosaurus, but there is much doubt However, one thing we do know; and that is that that worm had been due years and years. —  What Is Man? and Other Essays
• Of course you have seen pictures of reconstructed creatures such as the ichthyosaurus, the plesiosaurus, the anthracosaurus, and the thermosaurus I nodded, trying to keep my eyes from hers And you know that the remains of the thermosaurus were first discovered and reconstructed by papa Yes,' said I. There was no use in saying no I am glad you do. —  In Search of the Unknown
• There was the ichthyosaurus, a fish-like marine lizard, familiar to us all from a thousand reconstructions, with his long thin body, his strong flippers, his stumpy neck, and his huge pair of staring goggle eyes. —  Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science
• The ichthyosaurus was certainly a most unpleasant creature to meet alone in a narrow strait on a dark night; but if it comes to actual measurement, the very biggest ichthyosaurian skeleton ever unearthed does not exceed twenty-five feet from snout to tail. —  Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science
• But there are other reptiles now living that easily beat the ichthyosaurus, such, for example, as the larger pythons or rock-snakes, which not infrequently reach to thirty feet, and measure round the waist as much as a London alderman of the noblest proportions. —  Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science

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