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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cer•a•to•saur (ser′ə tə sôr′),USA pronunciation n. - Paleontologya carnivorous, swift-running North American theropod dinosaur of the genus Ceratosaurus and closely related genera, of the Jurassic Period, having a large skull with a short horn between the nostrils and a bony knob in front of each eye, and reaching a length of 20 ft. (6.1 m).
- Neo-Latin Ceratosaurus; see cerato-, -saur
- 1884
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