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Webster 1913 Edition
Horned
Horned
,Adj.
Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage;
as,
; having some part shaped like a horn. horned
cattleThe
Within the nether tip.
horned
moon with one bright starWithin the nether tip.
Coleridge.
Horned bee
(Zool.)
, a British wild bee (
– Osmia bicornis
), having two little horns on the head. Horned dace
(Zool.)
, an American cyprinoid fish (
– Semotilus corporialis
) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub. See Illust. of Chub
. Horned frog
(Zool.)
, a very large Brazilian frog (
– Ceratophrys cornuta
), having a pair of triangular horns arising from the eyelids. Horned grebe
(Zool.)
, a species of grebe (
– Colymbus auritus
), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense tufts of feathers on the head. Horned horse
(Zool.)
, the gnu.
– Horned lark
(Zool.)
, the shore lark.
– Horned lizard
(Zool.)
, the horned toad.
– Horned owl
(Zool.)
, 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
(Zool.)
, an American fresh-water siluroid fish; the bullpout.
– Horned rattler
(Zool.)
, 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
(Zool.)
, the sea devil.
– Horned screamer
(Zool.)
, the kamichi.
– Horned snake
(Zool.)
, the cerastes.
– Horned toad
(Zool.)
, 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
. (Zool.)
See
Cerastes
.Webster 1828 Edition
Horned
HORN'ED
,Adj.
1.
Shaped like a crescent, or the new moon.Definition 2024
horned
horned
English
Adjective
horned (not comparable)
- Having horns.
- A goat is an example of a horned animal.
- Coleridge
- The horned moon with one bright star / Within the nether tip.
Synonyms
Derived terms
terms derived from horned (adjective)
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Translations
having horns
See also
Etymology 2
See horn (verb).
Verb
horned
- simple past tense and past participle of horn