Ceratopsian

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any member of this suborder

    "You know, seeing as you bring up so many groups that people claim "all look alike except for maybe x" but really aren't once you actuall look at them (passerines, hadrosaurs, ceratopsians, etc.), maybe you need to write a book on the subject. It would be a rather interesting read."

  2. 2
    any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or belonging to the Ceratopsia suborder of dinosaurs. not-comparable

    "Triceratops is a ceratopsian dinosaur."

Synonyms

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horned dinosaur

Example

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"Triceratops is a ceratopsian dinosaur."

Etymology

From translingual Ceratops + -ian.

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