English dictionary
ceratosaurus
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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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 ceratosaurSource: WordNet 3.0
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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 <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.
Source: webster1913