CERATOSAURUS

ceratosaur, ceratosaurus

(noun) primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Cer`a*to*sau"rus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)

Definition: A carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony horn core on the united nasal bones. See Illustration in Appendix.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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