triceratops

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  1. noun A herbivorous dinosaur of the genus Triceratops, of the Cretaceous Period, having a bony plate covering the neck, a large horn above either eye, and a smaller horn on the nose.

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  • Beyond that, his knowledge did not extend He recognized the thing as a triceratops, for Renny had an excellent memory. —  002 - The Land of Terror
  • The third horn was much smaller, and set down on the nose, as though for rooting purposes The striking thing about the triceratops was the great bony hood extending back from the head. —  002 - The Land of Terror
  • A $300 robotic triceratops toy, named Kota, released last year by Hasbro Inc., is facing extinction, according to the the —  Inc.com
  • A $300 robotic triceratops toy, named Kota, released last year by Hasbro Inc., is facing extinction, according to the the The Bonus Conundrum and Saving Money on Calls —  Inc.com
  • What's being termed "the world's largest dinosaur graveyard" has produced evidence that ceratopsids like triceratops did indeed roam beyond what is now western North America —  amcgltd
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  1. New Latin Tricerātōps, genus name : Greek tri-, tri- + Greek keras, kerāt-, horn; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots + Greek ōps, eye, face; see okw- in Indo-European roots.
 

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