STYRACOSAUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does styracosaur mean? 

• STYRACOSAUR (noun)
  The noun STYRACOSAUR has 1 sense:

1. an unusual ceratopsian dinosaur having many large spikes around the edge of its bony frill and a long nose horn; late Cretaceous

  Familiarity information: STYRACOSAUR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STYRACOSAUR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unusual ceratopsian dinosaur having many large spikes around the edge of its bony frill and a long nose horn; late Cretaceous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

styracosaur; styracosaurus

Hypernyms ("styracosaur" is a kind of...):

ceratopsian; horned dinosaur (any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia)

Holonyms ("styracosaur" is a member of...):

genus Styracosaurus (genus of horned dinosaurs)