horned

1. a. Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn. Source: opted
2. adj. having a horn or horns or hornlike parts or horns of a particular kind Source: wordnet
3. 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 (Zoöl.), a British wild bee (Osmia bicornis), having two little horns on the head. -- Horned dace (Zoöl.), an American cyprinoid fish (Semotilus corporialis) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub. See Illust. of Chub. -- Horned frog (Zoöl.), a very large Brazilian frog (Ceratophrys cornuta), having a pair of triangular horns arising from the eyelids. -- Horned grebe (Zoöl.), a species of grebe (Colymbus auritus), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense tufts of feathers on the head. -- Horned horse (Zoöl.), the gnu. -- Horned lark (Zoöl.), the shore lark. -- Horned lizard (Zoöl.), the horned toad. -- Horned owl (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), an American fresh-water siluroid fish; the bullpout. -- Horned rattler (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), the sea devil. -- Horned screamer (Zoöl.), the kamichi. -- Horned snake (Zoöl.), the cerastes. -- Horned toad (Zoöl.), 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. (Zoöl.) See Cerastes. Source: webster
4. Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlikeprocess or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped likea horn.The horned moon with one bright star Within the nether tip.Coleridge.Horned bee (Zoöl.), a British wild bee (Osmia bicornis), having twolittle horns on the head.-- Horned dace (Zoöl.), an American cyprinoid fish (Semotiluscorporialis) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub. See Illust.of Chub.-- Horned frog (Zoöl.), a very large Brazilian frog (Ceratophryscornuta), having a pair of triangular horns arising from the eyelids.-- Horned grebe (Zoöl.), a species of grebe (Colymbus auritus), ofArctic Europe and America, having two dense tufts of feathers on thehead.-- Horned horse (Zoöl.), the gnu.-- Horned lark (Zoöl.), the shore lark.-- Horned lizard (Zoöl.), the horned toad.-- Horned owl (Zoöl.), a large North American owl (BuboVirginianus), having a pair of elongated tufts of feathers on thehead. Several distinct varieties are known; as, the Arctic, Western,dusky, and striped horned owls, differing in color, and inhabitingdifferent regions; -- called also great horned owl, horn owl, eagleowl, and cat owl. Sometimes also applied to the long-eared owl. SeeEared owl, under Eared.-- Horned poppy. (Bot.) See Horn poppy, under Horn.-- Horned pout (Zoöl.), an American fresh-water siluroid fish; thebullpout.-- Horned rattler (Zoöl.), a species of rattlesnake (Crotaluscerastes), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains, from California toMexico. It has a pair of triangular horns between the eyes; -- calledalso sidewinder.-- Horned ray (Zoöl.), the sea devil.-- Horned screamer (Zoöl.), the kamichi.-- Horned snake (Zoöl.), the cerastes.-- Horned toad (Zoöl.), any lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, of whichnine or ten species are known. These lizards have several hornlikespines on the head, and a broad, flat body, covered with spinyscales. They inhabit the dry, sandy plains from California to Mexicoand Texas. Called also horned lizard.-- Horned viper. (Zoöl.) See Cerastes. Source: adambom
5. j:100 a. having a horn or horns or hornlike parts or horns of a particular kind Source: ecdict

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