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  • noun Plural form of triceratops.

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Examples

  • It's the same with trees and tarantulas and triceratopses and Texans.

    Davis Sweet: Rabbi v. Reality 2008

  • The Dakota fossil will surely yield some interesting and new discoveries about majestic creatures that became extinct tens of millions of years ago, but they do not show evidence that the world is any younger, or that Neanderthals kept triceratopses as pets.

    Mummified Dinosaur Discovery Proves a Young Earth; Dinos and Humans Co-Existed, say Christians 2007

  • But why did extinct animals like triceratopses and brontosaurs have so strange names?

    "One science question" - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • Re “But why did extinct animals like triceratopses and brontosaurs have so strange names?”

    "One science question" - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • Beside himself with joy, Jake bursts out of the hospital and, before too long, finds himself alone in a mad jungle surrounded by six-armed neon tetra lemurs, flying purple people eaters, hammer-headed triceratopses, and nasty leather demon dogs.

    Phoenix New Times | Complete Issue 2009

  • Beside himself with joy, Jake bursts out of the hospital and, before too long, finds himself alone in a mad jungle surrounded by six-armed neon tetra lemurs, flying purple people eaters, hammer-headed triceratopses, and nasty leather demon dogs.

    Broward-Palm Beach New Times | Complete Issue 2009

  • But the policies have become so unspeakable (torture, schmorture; Iranians are "a bunch of assholes"; and on the seventh day, God created triceratopses) and the campaigning so base (terrorist, kill, terrorist, kill), that down-home sex-appeal is the only hope to sell it to what Pat Buchanan calls the "Middle American Radicals."

    Michael Ames: The Dark Side of the Swoon 2008

  • The following animals are considered assholes by their furry and / or feathered brethren: owls, yaks, cheetahs, triceratopses (obv.),

    Losanjealous 2009

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