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triceratops

[ trahy-ser-uh-tops ]

noun

  1. any of various dinosaurs of the genus Triceratops, of the late Cretaceous Period, having a bony crest on the neck, a long horn over each eye, and a shorter horn on the nose.


triceratops

/ 迟谤补瑟藞蝉蓻谤蓹藢迟蓲辫蝉 /

noun

  1. any rhinoceros-like herbivorous dinosaur of the ornithischian genus Triceratops, of Cretaceous times, having a heavily armoured neck and three horns on the skull
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

triceratops

  1. A large herbivorous dinosaur of the genus Triceratops of the late Cretaceous Period, measuring up to 7.6 m (25 ft) in length. Triceratops had a squat, tanklike body, a beaklike mouth with a short horn over it, and a long horn over each eye. The back of its neck was covered with a wide, bony plate.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of triceratops1

First recorded in 1890鈥95; from New Latin, from Greek 迟谤颈办茅谤补迟(辞蝉) 鈥渢hree-horned鈥 + 峁损蝉 鈥渇ace, eye鈥; tri-, cerat-, eye
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of triceratops1

C19: from New Latin, from tri- + Greek kerat-, keras horn + 艒辫蝉 eye
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鈥淚 would venture to say I鈥檓 still obsessed,鈥 he says, making his way toward a massive triceratops skull nearby.

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鈥淎nother hadrosaur toe, another triceratops vertebra. Other than statistical appearance in the formation, there鈥檚 zero scientific value.鈥

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County Natural History Museum, to make sure: The Gold State Coach, 29 feet long, 12 feet high, weighing four tons, is approximately like having a gilded triceratops mounted on wheels and rolled down London streets.

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About 74 million years ago, the now-arid landscape of northwestern New Mexico was covered with jungles and marshes that bordered a warm sea 鈥 and roamed by a massive horned dinosaur related to triceratops.

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I was mostly there until Daemon nuzzled his on his way out of town, which evoked the sick triceratops in 鈥淛urassic Park,鈥 from 29 years ago.

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