protoceratops

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pro·to·cer·a·tops | \ˌprō-(ˌ)tō-ˈser-ə-ˌtäps

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Definition of protoceratops

: any of a genus (Protoceratops) of small herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaurs of the Late Cretaceous that lacked horns

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