Definition of triceratops in English:
triceratops
noun trʌɪˈsɛrətɒpstraɪˈsɛrəˌtɑps
A large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur living at the end of the Cretaceous period, having a massive head with two large horns, a smaller horn on the beaked snout, and a bony frill above the neck.
Genus Triceratops, infraorder Ceratopsia, order Ornithischia
Example sentencesExamples
- In fact, he's headed to Montana this August to excavate tyrannosaurs and triceratops.
- The bronze skull of a triceratops is five feet high, seven feet long and weighs a ton.
- The triceratops, like all dinosaurs, only had a small brain but he made up for it with his big heart (some dinosaurs even had two hearts).
- The latest addition to the museum's menagerie of dinosaurs - a cast of a full-size triceratops skeleton, ready for action.
- When given a picture of a triceratops and told it was a dinosaur, the children correctly inferred that it belonged to the cold-blooded class of animals.
Origin
Modern Latin, from Greek trikeratos 'three-horned' + ōps 'face'.
Definition of triceratops in US English:
triceratops
nountrīˈserəˌtäpstraɪˈsɛrəˌtɑps
A large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur living at the end of the Cretaceous period, having a massive head with two large horns, a smaller horn on the beaked snout, and a bony frill above the neck.
Genus Triceratops, infraorder Ceratopsia, order Ornithischia
Example sentencesExamples
- In fact, he's headed to Montana this August to excavate tyrannosaurs and triceratops.
- When given a picture of a triceratops and told it was a dinosaur, the children correctly inferred that it belonged to the cold-blooded class of animals.
- The latest addition to the museum's menagerie of dinosaurs - a cast of a full-size triceratops skeleton, ready for action.
- The triceratops, like all dinosaurs, only had a small brain but he made up for it with his big heart (some dinosaurs even had two hearts).
- The bronze skull of a triceratops is five feet high, seven feet long and weighs a ton.
Origin
Modern Latin, from Greek trikeratos ‘three-horned’ + ōps ‘face’.