Definition of triceratops Triceratops

/tɹajˌsɛˈɹʌtɔˌps/ - [trayserutops] - tri•cer•a•tops

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What does triceratops mean?

WordNet

Noun

Plural: triceratops

triceratops - huge ceratopsian dinosaur having three horns and the neck heavily armored with a very solid frill

ceratopsian, horned dinosaur any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia

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Wiktionary

triceratops (Noun)
Common name of the extinct genus Triceratops; a herbivorous ceratopsid from the late Cretaceous.

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triceratops
A herbivorous genus of ceratopsid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, around 68 to 65 million years ago in North America.

Wikipedia

Triceratops (try-SAYR-ah-tops) meaning "three-horned face", because it had three horns (Greek "tri" = three + "keratops" = horned face) was a herbivorous dinosaur genus from the Latest Cretaceous period. It was mainly found in North America. It was about 9 m (30 ft) long, and probably weighed around 5,400 kg (12,000 lb).