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Horned

Horned Meaning & Definition
Horned Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Horned?

[adj] having a horn or horns or hornlike parts or horns of a particular kind; "horned viper"; "great horned owl"; "the unicorn--a mythical horned beast"; "long-horned cattle"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Horned: antlered | bicorn | bicornate | bicorned | bicornuate | bicornuous | crescent | horny

Related Terms | Find terms related to Horned: acanthoid | acanthous | acicular | acuate | aculeate | aculeiform | acuminate | acute | barbed | bicorn | corniform | cornuted | crescent | crescentic | crescentiform | crescentlike | crescent-shaped | cusped | cuspidate | Cynthian | falcate | falciform | hispid | horn-shaped | horny | lunar | lunate | luniform | lunular | menisciform | meniscoid | moonlike | moon-shaped | mucronate | needle-pointed | needle-sharp | pointed | pronged | semicircular | semilunar | sharp-pointed | sickle-like | sickle-shaped | sigmoid | spiculate | spiked | spiky | spined | spinous | spiny | S-shaped | tapered | tapering | tined | toothed | two-horned | unbated

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Horned In Webster's Dictionary

\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. 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 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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