any rhinoceros-like herbivorous dinosaur of the ornithischian genus Triceratops, of Cretaceous times, having a heavily armoured neck and three horns on the skull
Word origin
C19: from New Latin, from tri- + Greek kerat-, keras horn + ōps eye
triceratops in American English
(traɪˈsɛrəˌtɑps)
noun
any of a genus (Triceratops) of massive, four-legged ceratopsian dinosaurs of the Cretaceous having a large, bony crest over the neck, a long horn above each eye, and a short horn on the nose
Word origin
ModL < tri- (see tri-) + cerat- (see cerato-) + Gr ōps, eye