triceratops

/traɪˈsɛrətɑps/
noun
  1. A large plant-eating dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period, with three horns on its face and a large bony frill around its neck.
    • In the movie, the triceratops peacefully grazed near the river while the T. rex hunted.
    • My little brother loves drawing a triceratops with its three horns and big frill.
    • The museum's fossil exhibit includes a complete skeleton of a triceratops.
  2. A toy, model, or image of this dinosaur.
    • She added a plastic triceratops to her collection of dinosaur figures.
    • The birthday cake was decorated with a green triceratops made of frosting.
    • He wore a T-shirt with a cartoon triceratops on the front.
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