Definition of Triceratops

1. Noun. Huge ceratopsian dinosaur having three horns and the neck heavily armored with a very solid frill.

Generic synonyms: Ceratopsian, Horned Dinosaur
Group relationships: Genus Triceratops

Definition of Triceratops

1. Noun. Common name of the extinct genus Triceratops; a herbivorous ceratopsid from the late Cretaceous. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Triceratops

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Triceratops

tricentennials
tricep
tricephalus
triceps
triceps brachii
triceps bursa
triceps coxae muscle
triceps muscle of arm
triceps muscle of calf
triceps muscle of hip
triceps reflex
triceps surae
triceps surae muscle
triceps surae reflex
tricepses
triceratops (current term)
triceratopses
tricerion
tricerions
trices
tricesimation
trich
trich-
trichalgia
trichangion
trichatrophia
trichauxis
trichi-
trichiases
trichiasis

Literary usage of Triceratops

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

1. Museums Journal by Museums Association (1902)
"triceratops was chosen, not only on account of its size and remarkable appearance, but because this genus is well represented in the collections of the ..."

2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1914)
"surfaces in front and behind and in some specimens of triceratops figured by ... They open as in triceratops posteriorly, this position having been brought ..."

3. Animals Before Man in North America: Their Lives and Times by Frederic Augustus Lucas (1902)
"... their food after the manner of horses and cattle, the jaws of triceratops were even more strictly confined to cutting than were those of other species. ..."

4. How to Write Simple Science Reports by Jo Ellen Moore (1995)
"triceratops Provide books and other materials about the triceratops for students ... triceratops by William Lindsay; Dorling Kindersley, 1993 triceratops by ..."

5. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"One triceratops skull in the Yale collection measures 8 feet over all, ... The skeleton of triceratops mounted in the United States National Museum gives ..."

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