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  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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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  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.
  
           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.