Noun: ceratopsian ,se-ru'tóp-see-un
- Any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia
"Triceratops is perhaps the most famous ceratopsian";
- horned dinosaur
Derived forms: ceratopsians
Type of: ornithischian, ornithischian dinosaur
Part of: Ceratopsia, suborder Ceratopsia
Encyclopedia: Ceratopsian