Definition of Horned dinosaur

1. Noun. Any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Horned Dinosaur

hornbills
hornblende
hornblendes
hornblendic
hornblower
hornblowers
hornbook
hornbooks
hornbug
hornbugs
horndog
horndogs
horned
horned asp
horned chameleon
horned dinosaur (current term)
horned frog
horned lark
horned lizards
horned owl
horned owls
horned pondweed
horned poppy
horned pout
horned puffin
horned rattlesnake
horned screamer
horned toad
horned violet

Literary usage of Horned dinosaur

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"... a portion of the skeleton of a horned dinosaur from Laramie beds near Black Butte in southwestern Wyoming. In various publications from 1874-1877 which ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"... the bones of a very small three-horned dinosaur which is being made the type of a new species. This diminutive dinosaur, when completely assembled, ..."

3. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"South of Black Butte there are nine or more distinct coal-beds; and between two of them were obtained remains of a horned dinosaur ..."

4. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"Ottawa Nat., 18, 1904, 133- 36, pis. I-III). Lull, Richard S. Restoration of the horned dinosaur ..."

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