Triceratops
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Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]New Latin, from Ancient Greek τρί- (trí-, “three”) + κέρατ- (kérat-, “horn”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “face”). Coined by American paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh in 1889.
Proper noun
[edit]†Triceratops m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ceratopsidae – triceratops; herbivorous dinosaurs, with a bony frill and three horns on its head.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Eureptilia, Romeriida – clades; Diapsida – subclass; Archosauromorpha – infraclass; Archosauria – division; Ornithodira – subsection; Dinosauria – superorder; †Ornithischia – order, Cerapoda – suborder, Ceratopsia – infraorder, Neoceratopsia – clade, Ceratopsoidea – superfamily, Ceratopsidae – family; Ceratopsinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Triceratops horridus, Triceratops prorsus - recognized species.
- See
Triceratops on WikispeciesWikispecies for species, both accepted and dubious.
References
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Triceratops on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Triceratops on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Triceratops on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- “Triceratops”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026
Categories:
- Translingual terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃ekʷ-
- Translingual terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *tréyes
- Translingual terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱer- (grow)
- Translingual compound terms
- Translingual terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Translingual terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱerh₂- (head)
- Translingual terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Translingual terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₃ókʷs
- Translingual terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Translingual terms derived from New Latin
- Translingual terms coined by Othniel Charles Marsh
- Translingual coinages
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual proper nouns
- mul:Taxonomic names (genus)
- mul:Dinosaurs