The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tapayaxin \Ta`pa*yax"in\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A Mexican spinous lizard ( Phrynosoma orbiculare) having a head somewhat like that of a toad; -- called also horned toad.
WordNet
n. insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body; of western North America [syn: horned lizard, horny frog]
Usage examples of "horned toad".
But these yeller-throated singin' birds says I got a cow-hocked whang-doodle on four hoofs named Horned Toad that can outrun anything that eats with molars in Walla Walla, from a grasshopper's jump to four miles.
It looked like a cross between a horned toad and a Sherman tank and was longer than Sammy, almost thirty-one feet.
A horned toad came out of the dust and waddled to the bottom step of the porch, and settled to catch flies.
Time had slowed down and every thought waddled as slowly through his brain as the horned toad had when he came out of the fine dust.
The snake and a horned toad rose quickly and flew away together into the desert.
She saw a horned toad, the color of stone, squatting low, hiding fearfully in the sand within reach of her whip.