Palæont. [mod.L., f. Gr. τρικέρατ-ος three-horned + ὤψ face.] A genus of gigantic predentate dinosaurs of the family Ceratopsidæ, having a strong nasal horn, besides two large pointed horns above the eyes; found in the Laramie beds of the United States.
1889. O. C. Marsh, in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. XXXVIII. Ser. III. Aug., 173. Triceratops horridus.… In addition to the pair of massive horn-cores on the top of the skull, there is a third horn-core on the nose.
1892. Pall Mall G., 22 March, 7/1. In the same neighbourhood also has been discovered recently another reptilian monster called the triceratops, which had an enormous bony frill around the back of its neck … measuring six feet across…. The animal, though tremendously massive, was only thirty feet long.
1910. Spectator, 21 May, 838/2. The oddest is the gigantic triceratops, the three-horned herbivorous dinosaur.
