Horned
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
horned
adj 1: 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"
[ant: {hornless}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
[1913 Webster]
The horned moon with one bright star
Within the nether tip. --Coleridge.
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{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}.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "horned":
Cynthian, S-shaped, acanthoid, acanthous, acicular, acuate,
aculeate, aculeiform, acuminate, acute, barbed, bicorn, corniform,
cornuted, crescent, crescent-shaped, crescentic, crescentiform,
crescentlike, cusped, cuspidate, falcate, falciform, hispid,
horn-shaped, horny, lunar, lunate, luniform, lunular, menisciform,
meniscoid, moon-shaped, moonlike, mucronate, needle-pointed,
needle-sharp, pointed, pronged, semicircular, semilunar,
sharp-pointed, sickle-like, sickle-shaped, sigmoid, spiculate,
spiked, spiky, spined, spinous, spiny, tapered, tapering, tined,
toothed, two-horned, unbated
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