NOUN | animal | ceratosaurus, ceratosaur | primitive medium-sized theropod |
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Meaning | 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. | |
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Synonym | ceratosaur | |
Member of | suborder Ceratosaura | Primitive saurischian dinosaurs |
Narrower | coelophysis | One of the oldest known dinosaurs |
Broader | theropod, theropod dinosaur, bird-footed dinosaur | Any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs |
Spanish | ceratosauro, ceratosaurus | |
Catalan | ceratosaure, ceratosauro, ceratosaurus, Ceratosaurus |
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