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The natural history of fishes; that branch of zoology which relates to fishes, including their structure, classification, and habits.
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Divination by the heads or the entrails of fishes.
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Alt. of Ichthyomorphous
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Fish-shaped; as, the ichthyomorphic idols of ancient Assyria.
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One who eats, or subsists on, fish.
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Eating, or subsisting on, fish.
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The practice of eating, or living upon, fish.
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A division of copepod crustaceans, including numerous species parasitic on fishes.
n. pl.
A grand division of the Vertebrata, including the Amphibia and Fishes.
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See Ichthyosauria.
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The typical limb, or lateral fin, of fishes.
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An extinct genus of toothed birds found in the American Cretaceous formation. It is remarkable for having biconcave vertebrae, and sharp, conical teeth set in sockets. Its wings were well developed. It is the type of the order Odontotormae.
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One of the Ichthyosaura.
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An extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus and allied forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been found later than the Cretaceous period.
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Of or pertaining to the Ichthyosauria.
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One of the Ichthyosauria.
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An extinct genus of marine reptiles; -- so named from their short, biconcave vertebrae, resembling those of fishes. Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, Oolitic, and Cretaceous formations.