ceratosaur

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(serə tə sôr′)


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cer•a•to•saur  (serə tə sôr′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Paleontologya carnivorous, swift-running North American theropod dinosaur of the genus Ceratosaurus and closely related genera, of the Jurassic Period, having a large skull with a short horn between the nostrils and a bony knob in front of each eye, and reaching a length of 20 ft. (6.1 m).
  • Neo-Latin Ceratosaurus; see cerato-, -saur
  • 1884

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