triceratops
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Modern reconstruction
triceratops
English
Etymology
From translingual Triceratops, from Ancient Greek τρεῖς (treîs, “three”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “face”).
Pronunciation
Noun
triceratops (plural triceratops or triceratopses)
- Common name of the extinct genus Triceratops; herbivorous ceratopsids from the late Cretaceous.
Translations
Triceratops
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Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin Triceratops, from Ancient Greek τρεῖς (treîs) + κέρας (kéras) + ὤψ (ṓps).
Pronunciation
Noun
triceratops m animal
Declension
Declension of triceratops
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | triceratops | triceratopsy |
| genitive | triceratopsa | triceratopsów |
| dative | triceratopsowi | triceratopsom |
| accusative | triceratopsa | triceratopsy |
| instrumental | triceratopsem | triceratopsami |
| locative | triceratopsie | triceratopsach |
| vocative | triceratopsie | triceratopsy |
Further reading
- triceratops in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French tricératops.
Noun
triceratops m (plural triceratopși)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | triceratops | triceratopsul | triceratopși | triceratopșii | |
| genitive-dative | triceratops | triceratopsului | triceratopși | triceratopșilor | |
| vocative | triceratopsule | triceratopșilor | |||