ichthyopatolite

[Gr. ichthys a fish; patos =a beaten way, and lithos =a stone. Palœont .: A fo il track supposed to have been left by the pectoral fins of fislies moving over wet silt, sand, . Ich-thy-oph-a-gist, s. [Eng. ichthyophag (y); -ist.] One who eats or lives upon fish. Ich-thy-oph-a-go us, a . [Eng. ichthyophag (y); -ous .] Eating or living upon fish. Ich-thy-oph-a-gỹ, s. [Gr. ichthys a fish, and phage in to eat.] The practice or habit of eating fish; fish-diet. Ich-thy-oph-thăl-mite, s. [ Gr.ichthys =a fish, and ophthalmos=an eye.] Min.: A variety of Apophyllite. Ich-thy-oph-thi-ra, s . pl . [Gr. ichthys (gen it. ichthyos) = a fish, and phtheir =a louse.] Zool.: An order of Crustacea, sub-cla Epizoa. The species, which when adult are parasitic on the skin, eyes, or gills of fishes, has rudimentary limbs, a suctorial mouth, and in the female external ovisacs. The larva is locomotive. Ich-thy-ops-i-da, s . pl . [Greek ichthys =a fish, and ops is an appearance.] Zool.: A primary division of the Vertebrated Subkingdom. They have temporary or permanent branchise, nucleated blood corpuscles, but no amnion or allantois. The division contains two cla es, Fishes and Amphibia. Called also Branchiate Vertebrata. Ich-thy-op-ter-yg-I-I, Ich-thy-op-ter - ÿg'I-a, s. pl . [Greek ichthys (gen it, ichthyos ) = a fish; pteryx (gen it. pterygos ) = a wing, a fin, and Lat. masc. pl. suff. ii, or neut.-ia.] Palæont .: In Prof. Owen's cla ification the third order of the cla Reptilia, or Reptiles. ( Prof. Owen : Palæontology , 1860.) Ich-thy-or-ni-dæ, s. pl . [Mod. Lat. ichthyorn( is ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -ide .] Palæont : A family of fo il birds. sin, aş; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. ichthyornis Ich-thy-or-nis, s. [Gr. ichthys, and ornis =a bird.] Palæont.: A genus of fo il birds, order Odonto tormæ. They had teeth sunk in distinct sockets. The vertebre were all biconcave. Ichthyornis dis par , a carnivorous and probably aquatic bird, was from the Cretaceous rocks of this country. *Ich-thy-ô-săr-co-lite, s . [Gr. ichthys a fish; sarx (gen it. sarkos )=flesh, and lithos =a stone.] Zool .: The name given by Desmarest to Caprinella, a genus of Hippuritidæ, from its resemblance to the flabby muscles of fishes. Ich-thy-o-sâur, s . [ICHTHYOSAURUS.] Palæont .: Any species of the genus Ichthyosaurus (q. v.). "To have breathed air like the ichthyosaur ." -Lyell: Elem. of Geol . (ed. 1871), p. 338.