ceratosaur

ceratosaur
/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]

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