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thunnosaurian

thunnosaurian noun: any extinct ichthyosaur of the taxon Thunnosauria.

Noun

thunnosaurian (plural thunnosaurians)

  1. Any extinct ichthyosaur of the taxon Thunnosauria.
    • The best-known early thunnosaurian is Stenopterygius, from the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) of England, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and Switzerland.2019, Hans-Dieter Sues, The Rise of Reptiles: 320 Million Years of Evolution, page 98

Forms of thunnosaurian

pluralthunnosaurians

Origin of thunnosaurian

From Thunnosauria + -n.

Questions about thunnosaurian

What does thunnosaurian mean?
Thunnosaurian means any extinct ichthyosaur of the taxon Thunnosauria.
What part of speech is thunnosaurian?
Thunnosaurian is a noun.
What is the plural of thunnosaurian?
The plural of thunnosaurian is thunnosaurians.

Words near thunnosaurian in the dictionary

  1. thunnid
  2. thunnids
  3. thunnies
  4. thunniform
  5. thunnosaur
  6. thunnosaurian
  7. thunnosaurians
  8. thunnosaurs
  9. thunny
  10. Thunor
  11. Thuonoknyu

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