TRICERATOPS

[tri.cer.a.tops] n, pl -tops also -tops.es [NL, fr. tri- + Gk kerat-, keras horn + ops face--more at horn, eye] (1892): any of a genus (Triceratops) of large herbivorous Cretaceous dinosaurs with three horns, a bony hood or crest on the neck, and hoofed toes