triceratops
Common name of the extinct genus TriceratopsCommon name of the extinct genus Triceratops; herbivorous ceratopsids from the late Cretaceous.
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» The triceratops was a plant-eating dinosaur.
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1 sensesCommon name of the extinct genus Triceratops; herbivorous ceratopsids from the late Cretaceous.
Dreihorn, Trizeratops, Triceratops
трицера́топсtricerátops
- huge ceratopsian dinosaur having three horns and the neck heavily armored with a very solid frill
Examples
3 sentencesThe triceratops was a plant-eating dinosaur.
The triceratops was a three-horned plant-eating dinosaur.
Pteranodons glided across the sky while hadrosaurs, iguanodonts, and triceratops grazed in the forests.
Translations
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Origin
From translingual Triceratops, from Ancient Greek τρεῖς (treîs, “three”) + κέρας (kéras, “From translingual Triceratops, from Ancient Greek τρεῖς (treîs, “three”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “face”).
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Forms
plural: triceratops / triceratopses| Singular | triceratops |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.