CERATOSAURUS

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 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)

Sense 1

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)