noun
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
• Syn: ↑ceratosaurus
• Hypernyms: ↑theropod, ↑theropod dinosaur, ↑bird-footed dinosaur
• Hyponyms: ↑coelophysis
• Member Holonyms: ↑suborder Ceratosaura
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/ser"euh teuh sawr'/, n.
a 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).
[1884; < NL Ceratosaurus; see CERATO-, -SAUR]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.