Horned

Horned bee — a British wild bee (Osmia bicornis), having two little horns on the head.

Horned dace — an American cyprinoid fish (Semotilus corporialis) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub. See Illust. of Chub.

Horned frog — a very large Brazilian frog (Ceratophrys cornuta), having a pair of triangular horns arising from the eyelids.

Horned grebe — a species of grebe (Colymbus auritus), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense tufts of feathers on the head.

Horned horse — the gnu.

Horned lark — the shore lark.

Horned lizard — the horned toad.

Horned owl — 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 — See Horn poppy, under Horn.

Horned pout — an American fresh-water siluroid fish; the bullpout.

Horned rattler — 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 — the sea devil.

Horned screamer — the kamichi.

Horned snake — the cerastes.

Horned toad — 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 — See Cerastes.