horned lark

Shore \Shore\, n. [OE. schore, AS. score, probably fr. scieran,
   and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin
   to OD. schoore, schoor. See {Shear}, v. t.]
   The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an
   ocean, lake, or large river.
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         Michael Cassio,
         Lieutenant to the warlike Moor Othello,
         Is come shore.                           --Shak.
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         The fruitful shore of muddy Nile.        --Spenser.
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   {In shore}, near the shore. --Marryat.

   {On shore}. See under {On}.

   {Shore birds} (Zool.), a collective name for the various
      limicoline birds found on the seashore.

   {Shore crab} (Zool.), any crab found on the beaches, or
      between tides, especially any one of various species of
      grapsoid crabs, as {Heterograpsus nudus} of California.

   {Shore lark} (Zool.), a small American lark ({Otocoris
      alpestris}) found in winter, both on the seacoast and on
      the Western plains. Its upper parts are varied with dark
      brown and light brown. It has a yellow throat, yellow
      local streaks, a black crescent on its breast, a black
      streak below each eye, and two small black erectile ear
      tufts. Called also {horned lark}.

   {Shore plover} (Zool.), a large-billed Australian plover
      ({Esacus magnirostris}). It lives on the seashore, and
      feeds on crustaceans, etc.

   {Shore teetan} (Zool.), the rock pipit ({Anthus obscurus}).
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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.
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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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