Pronunciation: ˌ pr ō -( ˌ )t ō - ' ser- ə - ˌ täps
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from prot - + Ceratops , a genus ― more at CERATOPSIAN
Date: 1979
: any of a genus ( Protoceratops ) of small herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaurs of the late Cretaceous that lacked horns