SINCE 1828
protoceratops
noun
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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