horned : Idioms & Phrases

• (Zoöl.), a British wild bee (Osmia bicornis), having two little horns on the head.

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• (Zoöl.), an American cyprinoid fish (Semotilus corporialis) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub. See Illust. of Chub.

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• (Zoöl.), a very large Brazilian frog (Ceratophrys cornuta), having a pair of triangular horns arising from the eyelids.

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• (Zoöl.), a species of grebe (Colymbus auritus), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense tufts of feathers on the head.

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• (Zoöl.), the gnu.

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• (Zoöl.), the shore lark.

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• noun insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body; of western North America
  horned lizard; horny frog.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the horned toad.

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• noun large owls having prominent ear tufts
  

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• (Zoöl.), 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.

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• noun yellow-flowered Eurasian glaucous herb naturalized in along sandy shores in eastern North America
  horn poppy; yellow horned poppy; Glaucium flavum; sea poppy.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Horn poppy, under Horn.

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• noun catfish common in eastern United States
  pout; Ameiurus Melas; hornpout.
  

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• (Zoöl.), an American fresh-water siluroid fish; the bullpout.

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• (Zoöl.), 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.

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• (Zoöl.), the sea devil.

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• noun screamer having a hornlike process projecting from the forehead
  Anhima cornuta.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the kamichi.

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• (Zoöl.), the cerastes.

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• noun insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body; of western North America
  horned lizard; horny frog.
  

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• (Zoöl.), 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.

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• noun highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye
  cerastes; Cerastes cornutus; sand viper; horned asp.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Cerastes.

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