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Horned \Horned\,

  1. 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.
    --Coleridge.

    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 chu

  2. 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.