TRICERATOPS


Meaning of TRICERATOPS in English

trīˈserəˌtäps noun

Etymology: New Latin, from tri- + cerat- + -ops

1. capitalized : a genus of huge herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs (suborder Ceratopsia) from the Cretaceous of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado having a skull with two large horns above the eyes, a median horn on the nose, a horny beak, and a great bony hood or transverse crest over the neck, hoofed toes five in front and three behind, and a large strong tail

2. -es : any animal or fossil of the genus Triceratops

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