Cer`a`to`sau´rus
| n. | 1. | (Paleon.) A swift-running bipedal carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony short horn between the nostrils on the united nasal bones. See Illustration in Appendix. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  ceratosaurus - 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 Americabird-footed dinosaur, theropod, theropod dinosaur - any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs suborder Ceratosaura - primitive saurischian dinosaurs coelophysis - one of the oldest known dinosaurs; late Triassic; cannibalistic |
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