Definition of Ceratopsian

1. Noun. Any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia.


Definition of Ceratopsian

1. Adjective. Of or belonging to the Ceratopsia suborder of dinosaurs. ¹

2. Noun. Any member of this suborder ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ceratopsian

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceratopsian

ceratitis
cerato-
ceratobranchial
ceratobranchials
ceratocricoid
ceratocricoid ligament
ceratocricoid muscle
ceratodus
ceratoduses
ceratoglossus
ceratohyal
ceratohyals
ceratoid
ceratopharyngeal part of middle pharyngeal constrictor
ceratopogonidae
ceratopsian (current term)
ceratopsians
ceratopsid
ceratopsids
ceratosaur
ceratosaurian
ceratosaurians
ceratosaurs
ceratosaurus
ceratozamia
ceraunics
cerauno-
ceraunoscopy
cercal
cercaria

Literary usage of Ceratopsian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Professional Paper by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1917)
"Fragments of the frill of a ceratopsian dinosaur, not determinable. "North side of Barrel Spring Arroyo, 1} miles southeast of Ojo Alamo store; ..."

2. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections by Smithsonian Institution (1922)
"Directly associated with the bones of Alamosaurus are many other fragmentary and undeterminable dinosaur bones, teeth of carnivorous and ceratopsian ..."

3. The Origin and Evolution of Life: On the Theory of Action, Reaction and by Henry Fairfield Osborn (1918)
"This evolution took place stage by stage with the evolution of the predatory mechanism of the carnivorous dinosaurs, so that the climax of ceratopsian ..."

4. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences by Washington Academy of Sciences (1915)
"... the same horizon as some of the Triceratops zones in Matrona County, were identified in one case as ceratopsian bones and in the other as dinosaurian. ..."

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