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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
ceratosaurus
    n 1: primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal
         carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws
         and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North
         America [syn: ceratosaur, ceratosaurus]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ceratosaurus \Cer`a*to*sau"rus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras a horn
   + ? lizard.] (Paleon.)
   A swift-running bipedal carnivorous American Jurassic
   dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was
   nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony
   short horn between the nostrils on the united nasal bones.
   See Illustration in Appendix.
   [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
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