| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| triceratops |
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| SYLLABICATION: | tri·cer·a·tops |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  tr -s r  -t ps |
| NOUN: | A herbivorous dinosaur of the genus Triceratops, of the Cretaceous Period, having a bony plate covering the neck, a large horn above either eye, and a smaller horn on the nose. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin Tricer t ps, genus name : Greek tri-, tri- + Greek keras, kert-, horn; see ker-1 in Appendix I + Greek ps, eye, face; see okw- in Appendix I.
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