Triceratops
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- noun
- /traɪˈsɛrətɒps/
- Specialized
- Restorers will use the conserved Triceratops bones as patterns for molds, but when parts are missing or mismatched, mirror images will fill in.
- Triceratops bones
- Triceratops skull
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Examples
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A computer rendering (right) looks almost as realistic as the Triceratops specimen (left) that stood in Dinosaur Hall.
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The museum is having casts made of bones from real Triceratops back feet and plans to send them out for scanning.
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The museum believes it was the first Triceratops ever mounted.
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Some of the bones in the Triceratops are as long as 54 inches.
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As a result, in the new exhibit, the Triceratops will stand straighter on its front legs.
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Besides the large bones of the skeleton, he also scanned an extra Triceratops skull and the skull of a related type of dinosaur called Centrosaurus.
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The skeleton of a Triceratops on display shows its distinctive three facial horns.
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Paleontologists discovered a well-preserved Triceratops fossil during their excavation.
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Children were excited to learn about the Triceratops at the dinosaur museum.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Triceratops = tri + cerat + ops
Although the name can be analysed into Greek combining forms (tri- 'three', cerat- 'horn', -ops 'face'), it is a Latinized scientific name rather than a productive English formation, so learners cannot reliably derive its meaning from the parts.
Etymology
Triceratops comes from Greek parts tri- 'three', cerato- 'horn' and -ops 'face'. So the name means 'three-horned face', which helps you remember the dinosaur with three horns and a large bony frill.