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CERATOPSIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Horned dinosaurs
Synonyms:
Ceratopsia; suborder Ceratopsia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ceratopsia" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Ceratopsia"):
ceratopsian; horned dinosaur (any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia)
Ceratopsidae; family Ceratopsidae (American ceratopsian dinosaurs)
genus Protoceratops (small horned dinosaurs)
genus Triceratops (genus of herbivorous horned dinosaurs)
genus Styracosaurus (genus of horned dinosaurs)
genus Psittacosaurus (most primitive genus of horned dinosaurs; early Cretaceous)
Holonyms ("Ceratopsia" is a member of...):
Marginocephalia; marginocephalian; suborder Marginocephalia (includes boneheaded (pachycephalosaurs) and horned (ceratopsian) dinosaurs)
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