NOUN | animal | psittacosaurus, psittacosaur | primitive dinosaur actually lacking horns and having only the beginning of a frill |
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Meaning | Primitive dinosaur actually lacking horns and having only the beginning of a frill; long hind limbs and short forelimbs; may have been bipedal. | |
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Synonym | psittacosaur | |
Member of | genus Psittacosaurus | Most primitive genus of horned dinosaurs |
Broader | ceratopsian, horned dinosaur | Any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls |
Spanish | psittacosaurus | |
Catalan | psitacosaure |
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