Horned

Horned
Horned Horned, a. Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn. [1913 Webster]

The horned moon with one bright star Within the nether tip. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]

{Horned bee} (Zo["o]l.), a British wild bee ({Osmia bicornis}), having two little horns on the head.

{Horned dace} (Zo["o]l.), an American cyprinoid fish ({Semotilus corporialis}) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub. See Illust. of {Chub}.

{Horned frog} (Zo["o]l.), a very large Brazilian frog ({Ceratophrys cornuta}), having a pair of triangular horns arising from the eyelids.

{Horned grebe} (Zo["o]l.), a species of grebe ({Colymbus auritus}), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense tufts of feathers on the head.

{Horned horse} (Zo["o]l.), the gnu.

{Horned lark} (Zo["o]l.), the shore lark.

{Horned lizard} (Zo["o]l.), the horned toad.

{Horned owl} (Zo["o]l.), 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}. (Bot.) See {Horn poppy}, under {Horn}.

{Horned pout} (Zo["o]l.), an American fresh-water siluroid fish; the bullpout.

{Horned rattler} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), the sea devil.

{Horned screamer} (Zo["o]l.), the kamichi.

{Horned snake} (Zo["o]l.), the cerastes.

{Horned toad} (Zo["o]l.), 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}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Cerastes}. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • horned — [ho:nd US ho:rnd] adj [only before noun] having horns or something that looks like horns ▪ horned cattle ▪ a horned toad …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • horned — horned; horned·ness; un·horned; …   English syllables

  • horned — [ hɔrnd, hɔrnəd ] adjective 1. ) with horns: a horned animal 2. ) shaped like a horn …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • horned — [hôrnd] adj. 1. having a horn or horns: often in hyphenated compounds [two horned] 2. having a hornlike projection 3. Archaic cuckolded …   English World dictionary

  • horned — hornedness /hawr nid nis/, n. /hawrnd/, adj. 1. having horns (often used in combination): a horned beast; blunt horned. 2. having or wearing a horn shaped protuberance, ornament, or the like: the horned crags. 3. having a crescent shaped part or… …   Universalium

  • horned — [[t]hɔ͟ː(r)nd[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n Horned animals have horns, or parts of their bodies that look like horns. ...horned cattle. ...the call of a horned lark …   English dictionary

  • horned — adj. having a horn. Phrases and idioms: horned owl an owl, Bubo virginianus, with hornlike feathers over the ears. horned toad 1 an American lizard, Phrynosoma cornutum, covered with spiny scales. 2 any SE Asian toad of the family Pelobatidae,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • horned — adjective Having, or containing horns. A goat is an example of a horned animal. Syn: cornigerous …   Wiktionary

  • horned — adj. Horned is used with these nouns: ↑helmet …   Collocations dictionary

  • horned — Synonyms and related words: Cynthian, S shaped, acanthoid, acanthous, acicular, acuate, aculeate, aculeiform, acuminate, acute, barbed, bicorn, corniform, cornuted, crescent, crescent shaped, crescentic, crescentiform, crescentlike, cusped,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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