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Definition: Horned dace
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.
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The horned moon with one bright star
Within the nether tip. --Coleridge.
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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.
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