CERATOSAURUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does ceratosaurus mean? • CERATOSAURUS (noun)
The noun CERATOSAURUS has 1 sense:
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
Familiarity information: CERATOSAURUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CERATOSAURUS (noun)
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
ceratosaur; ceratosaurus
Hypernyms ("ceratosaurus" is a kind of...):
bird-footed dinosaur; theropod; theropod dinosaur (any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ceratosaurus"):
coelophysis (one of the oldest known dinosaurs; late Triassic; cannibalistic)
Holonyms ("ceratosaurus" is a member of...):
suborder Ceratosaura (primitive saurischian dinosaurs)
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