CERATOPSIAN


Meaning of CERATOPSIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌsər-ə-ˈtäp-sē-ən ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin Ceratopsia, from Ceratops, a genus, from Greek kerat-, keras horn + ōps face — more at horn , eye

Date: 1909

: any of a suborder (Ceratopsia) of ornithischian dinosaurs of the late Cretaceous having horns, a sharp horny beak, and a bony frill projecting backward from the skull

• ceratopsian adjective

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