A small quadrupedal dinosaur of the late Cretaceous period, having a bony frill above the neck and probably ancestral to triceratops.
原角龙
Genus Protoceratops, infraorder Ceratopsia, order Ornithischia
Example sentencesExamples
He braved civil war, bandit armies, wolves, and sandstorms to uncover the first fossils of the protoceratops dinosaur and the velociraptor theropod in Mongolia.
But the protoceratops was a small dinosaur which walked on all fours and was likely to have been a clumsy creature with short legs and a long heavy body.
Why, there are tyrannosaurs out there just waiting to have a nice meal of protoceratops delivered on a platter.
Definition of protoceratops in US English:
protoceratops
nounˌprōdəˈserəˌtäps
A small quadrupedal dinosaur of the late Cretaceous period, having a bony frill above the neck and probably ancestral to triceratops. The fossilized remains of many individuals and their eggs have been found in Mongolia.
原角龙
Genus Protoceratops, infraorder Ceratopsia, order Ornithischia
Example sentencesExamples
But the protoceratops was a small dinosaur which walked on all fours and was likely to have been a clumsy creature with short legs and a long heavy body.
Why, there are tyrannosaurs out there just waiting to have a nice meal of protoceratops delivered on a platter.
He braved civil war, bandit armies, wolves, and sandstorms to uncover the first fossils of the protoceratops dinosaur and the velociraptor theropod in Mongolia.