Horned
Horned , adjective
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.
Collocations (16)
Horned bee (Zoology) , a British wild bee (Osmia bicornis), having two little horns on the head.
Horned dace (Zoology) , an American cyprinoid fish (Semotilus corporialis) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub. See Illust. of Chub.
Horned frog (Zoology) , a very large Brazilian frog (Ceratophrys cornuta), having a pair of triangular horns arising from the eyelids.
Horned grebe (Zoology) , a species of grebe (Colymbus auritus), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense tufts of feathers on the head.
Horned horse (Zoology) , the gnu.
Horned lark (Zoology) , the shore lark.
Horned lizard (Zoology) , the horned toad.
Horned owl (Zoology) , 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 pout (Zoology) , an American fresh-water siluroid fish; the bullpout.
Horned rattler (Zoology) , 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 (Zoology) , the sea devil.
Horned screamer (Zoology) , the kamichi.
Horned snake (Zoology) , the cerastes.
Horned toad (Zoology) , 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.