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horned dinosaur vs psittacosaur

psittacosaur vs horned dinosaur

horned dinosaur and psittacosaur both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
horned dinosaur Yes No No No
psittacosaur Yes No No No
As nouns, psittacosaur is a hyponym of horned dinosaur; that is, psittacosaur is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than horned dinosaur:
  • horned dinosaur: any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia
  • psittacosaur: primitive dinosaur actually lacking horns and having only the beginning of a frill; long hind limbs and short forelimbs; may have been bipedal
Other hyponyms of horned dinosaur include protoceratops, triceratops, styracosaur, styracosaurus, psittacosaurus.
horned dinosaur (noun) psittacosaur (noun)
any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia primitive dinosaur actually lacking horns and having only the beginning of a frill; long hind limbs and short forelimbs; may have been bipedal
Difference between horned dinosaur and psittacosaur

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