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Noun: ceratosaur
  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
    - ceratosaurus

Derived forms: ceratosaurs

Type of: bird-footed dinosaur, theropod, theropod dinosaur

Part of: suborder Ceratosaura

Encyclopedia: Ceratosaur