Horned
a.
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Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn.
The horned moon with one bright star
Within the nether tip.
Phrases & Compounds
- Horned bee
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a British wild bee (Osmia bicornis), having two little horns on the head.
- Horned dace
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an American cyprinoid fish (Semotilus corporialis) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub. See Illust. of Chub.
- Horned frog
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a very large Brazilian frog (Ceratophrys cornuta), having a pair of triangular horns arising from the eyelids.
- Horned grebe
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a species of grebe (Colymbus auritus), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense tufts of feathers on the head.
- Horned horse
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the gnu.
- Horned lark
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the shore lark.
- Horned lizard
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the horned toad.
- Horned owl
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a large North American owl (Bubo Virginianus), having a pair of elongated tufts of feathers on the head. Several distinct varieties are known; as, the Arctic, Western, dusky, and striped horned owls, differing in color, and inhabiting different regions; -- called also great horned owl, horn owl, eagle owl, and cat owl. Sometimes also applied to the long-eared owl. See Eared owl, under Eared.
- Horned poppy
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See Horn poppy, under Horn.
- Horned pout
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an American fresh-water siluroid fish; the bullpout.
- Horned rattler
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a species of rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains, from California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular horns between the eyes; -- called also sidewinder.
- Horned ray
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the sea devil.
- Horned screamer
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the kamichi.
- Horned snake
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the cerastes.
- Horned toad
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any lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, of which nine or ten species are known. These lizards have several hornlike spines on the head, and a broad, flat body, covered with spiny scales. They inhabit the dry, sandy plains from California to Mexico and Texas. Called also horned lizard.
- Horned viper
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See Cerastes.