Meanings
- not comparableOf or belonging to the Ceratopsia suborder of dinosaurs.
Triceratops is a ceratopsian dinosaur.
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One common ceratopsian feature is a frill extending from the back of the skull.
plural ceratopsians
- Any member of this suborder
Bipedal hadrosaurs, great hulking lambeosaurs, certain rhino-like ceratopsians and relatives of the velociraptors - all large and probably able swimmers - had the greatest success.
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 311 more example
You know, seeing as you bring up so many groups that people claim "all look alike except for maybe x" but really aren't once you actuall look at them (passerines, hadrosaurs, ceratopsians, etc.), maybe you need to write a book on the subject. It would be a rather interesting read.
2011 February 2, anonymous author, article comment
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- translingualCeratops
- Englishceratopsian
From translingual Ceratops + -ian.
More words from translingual
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 角龍 /角龙
- 角龍 /角龙noun
Icelandic horneðla
- horneðlanoun
Cite this entry
ceratopsian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceratopsian
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