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[syn: ceratosaur, ceratosaurus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ceratosaurus \Cer`a*to*sau"rus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras a horn
+ ? lizard.] (Paleon.)
A swift-running bipedal carnivorous American Jurassic
dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was
nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony
short horn between the nostrils on the united nasal bones.
See Illustration in Appendix.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ceratosaurus
n 1: primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal
carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws
and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North
America [syn: ceratosaur, ceratosaurus]