Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ceratosaurus \Cer`a*to*sau"rus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras a horn
+ ? lizard.] (Paleon.)
A carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the
European Megalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in
length, and the skull bears a bony horn core on the united
nasal bones. See Illustration in Appendix.
Source : WordNet®
ceratosaurus
n : 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}]