'Ceratosaurus' definitions:
Definition of 'ceratosaurus'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
Definition of 'Ceratosaurus'
From: GCIDE
- 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]