Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various herbivorous quadrupedal ornithischian dinosaurs of the group Ceratopsia of the Cretaceous Period, having a beaked mouth, usually a bony frill on the back of the skull, and sometimes horns.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun any of several four-footed herbivorous horned dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls, of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or belonging to the
Ceratopsia suborder ofdinosaurs . - noun Any member of this suborder
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The fossils, found in Northwest Alberta, Canada, revealed a herd of so-called ceratopsian dinosaurs that perished together.
Archive 2008-10-01 ReBecca Foster 2008
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The fossils, found in Northwest Alberta, Canada, revealed a herd of so-called ceratopsian dinosaurs that perished together.
Welcome Pachyrhinosaur lakustai!! ReBecca Foster 2008
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Canada, revealed a herd of so-called ceratopsian dinosaurs that perished together.
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Coahuilaceratops is a chasmosaurine ceratopsid, often called a "ceratopsian" or "horned" dinosaur, and was almost certainly an herbivore.
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So, here I am still excited by Limusaurus, the herbivorous ceratosaurid, and up pops a previously unknown form of the speciose ceratopsian genus Psittacosaurus (presently 10-11 valid species known), from the Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia.
Spock, Obama, the Kwisatz Haderach, and decriminalizing evolution. docbrite 2009
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We're calling it ART Evolved: Life's Time Capsule, and our first theme is ceratopsian dinosaurs.
Archive 2009-02-01 ReBecca Foster 2009
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Edit: I asked Dr. Ukrainsky in an email what he meant by "Nedo" and this was his response: "Russian prefix "nedo" insufficiency sensu lato means, that this ceratopsian has lack: nasal horn absent."
Insufficiency!?! ReBecca Foster 2009
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The ceratopsian name 'Diceratops' Lull, 1905 was preoccupied by a member of the Hymenoptera insects.
The Saga of Diceratops, Diceratus, and Nedoceratops ReBecca Foster 2009
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In early 2008 Octavio Mateus published a name change in the genus of the ceratopsian Diceratops to Diceratus.
The Saga of Diceratops, Diceratus, and Nedoceratops ReBecca Foster 2009
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I spoke with Dr. Ukrainsky in an email what he meant by "Nedo" and this was his response: "Russian prefix "nedo" insufficiency sensu lato means, that this ceratopsian has lack: nasal horn absent."
Insufficiency!?! ReBecca Foster 2009
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