About The Word Ceratosaurus
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Ceratosaurus
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What's The Definition Of Ceratosaurus?
[n] primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America
Synonyms | Synonyms for Ceratosaurus: ceratosaur Related Terms | Find terms related to Ceratosaurus: See Also | bird-footed dinosaur | coelophysis | suborder Ceratosaura | theropod | theropod dinosaur Ceratosaurus In Webster's Dictionary \Cer`a*to*sau"rus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras a horn
+ ? lizard.] (Paleon.)
A carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the
European Megalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in
length, and the skull bears a bony horn core on the united
nasal bones. See Illustration in Appendix.
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