Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ceratosaur

1 sense of ceratosaur

Sense 1
ceratosaur, ceratosaurus -- (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)
       => theropod, theropod dinosaur, bird-footed dinosaur -- (any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs)