triceratops

tri·cer·a·tops  (tr-sr-tps)

n.

A herbivorous dinosaur of the genus Triceratops, of the Cretaceous Period, having a bony plate covering the neck, a large horn above either eye, and a smaller horn on the nose.

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[New Latin Tricertps, genus name : Greek tri-, tri- + Greek keras, kert-, horn; see ker-¹ in Indo-European roots + Greek ps, eye, face; see ok^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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triceratops [traɪˈsɛrəˌtɒps]

n

(Earth Sciences / Palaeontology) any rhinoceros-like herbivorous dinosaur of the ornithischian genus Triceratops, of Cretaceous times, having a heavily armoured neck and three horns on the skull

[from New Latin, from tri- + Greek kerat-, keras horn + ōps eye]

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triceratops  (tr-sr-tps)

A large herbivorous dinosaur of the genus Triceratops of the late Cretaceous Period, measuring up to 7.6 m (25 ft) in length. Triceratops had a squat, tanklike body, a beaklike mouth with a short horn over it, and a long horn over each eye. The back of its neck was covered with a wide, bony plate.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

triceratops - huge ceratopsian dinosaur having three horns and the neck heavily armored with a very solid frill ceratopsian, horned dinosaur - any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia genus Triceratops - genus of herbivorous horned dinosaurs