'Horned' definitions:
Definition of 'horned'
From: WordNet
adjective
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]
Definition of 'Horned'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'horned'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acanthoid,
- acanthous,
- acicular,
- acuate,
- aculeate,
- aculeiform,
- acuminate,
- acute,
- barbed,
- bicorn,
- corniform,
- cornuted,
- crescent,
- crescent-shaped,
- crescentic,
- crescentiform,
- crescentlike,
- cusped,
- cuspidate,
- Cynthian,
- falcate,
- falciform,
- hispid,
- horn-shaped,
- horny,
- lunar,
- lunate,
- luniform,
- lunular,
- menisciform,
- meniscoid,
- moon-shaped,
- moonlike,
- mucronate,
- needle-pointed,
- needle-sharp,
- pointed,
- pronged,
- S-shaped,
- semicircular,
- semilunar,
- sharp-pointed,
- sickle-like,
- sickle-shaped,
- sigmoid,
- spiculate,
- spiked,
- spiky,
- spined,
- spinous,
- spiny,
- tapered,
- tapering,
- tined,
- toothed,
- two-horned,
- unbated
Words containing 'Horned'
- Horn,
- Horning,
- horn in,
- horne,
- Bass horn,
- Basset horn,
- Big Horn,
- Bugle horn,
- Drinking horn,
- Elk Horn,
- English horn,
- Fog horn,
- French horn,
- Horn Hill,
- Horn Lake,
- Horn block,
- Horn distemper,
- Horn drum,
- Horn lead,
- Horn maker,
- Horn mercury,
- Horn of a dilemma,
- Horn poppy,
- Horn pout,
- Horn pox,
- Horn quicksilver,
- Horn shell,
- Horn silver,
- Horn slate,
- Horned bee,
- Horned dace,
- Horned frog,
- Horned grebe,
- Horned horse,
- Horned hummer,
- Horned lark,
- Horned lizard,
- Horned owl,
- Horned pondweed,
- Horned poppy,
- Horned pout,
- Horned rattler,
- Horned ray,
- Horned screamer,
- Horned snake,
- Horned toad,
- Horned viper,
- Horns of a dilemma,
- Hunting horn,
- Letters of horning,
- Morsing horn,
- Post horn,
- Ram's horn,
- To lift the horn,
- To raise the horn,
- To take a horn,
- Van Horn,
- Van Horne,
- air horn,
- anterior horn,
- automobile horn,
- baritone horn,
- cape horn,
- car horn,
- dorsal horn,
- horn button,
- horn fly,
- horn of africa,
- horn of plenty,
- horn owl,
- horn plate,
- horned asp,
- horned bug,
- horned capucine,
- horned chameleon,
- horned dinosaur,
- horned puffin,
- horned rattlesnake,
- horned violet,
- horned whiff,
- huntsman's horn,
- huntsman's horns,
- lena horne,
- little horn,
- marilyn horne,
- motor horn,
- powder horn,
- saddle horn,
- spindle horn,
- ventral horn,
- Big Horn County,
- Big Horn, MT,
- Big Horn, WY,
- Broad-horned,
- Buck's-horn,
- Elk Horn, IA,
- Fossil unicorn's horn,
- Gems-horn,
- Hollow-horned,
- Horn Hill, AL,
- Horn Lake, MS,
- Horn-mad,
- Long-horned,
- Shoeing-horn,
- Slug-horn,
- Stag-horned,
- To haul in one's horns,
- To pull in one's horns,
- To take the bull by the horns,
- Van Horn, TX,
- Van Horne, IA,
- great horned owl,
- horn-rimmed,
- horn-shaped,
- lena calhoun horne,
- pull in one's horns,
- take the bull by the horns,
- texas horned lizard,
- twisted-horn,
- yellow horned poppy,
- Big Horn County, MT,
- Big Horn County, WY,
- Stag-horn coral,
- Stag-horn fern,
- Stag-horn sumac,
- long-horned beetle,
- long-horned grasshopper,
- short-horned buffalo,
- short-horned grasshopper,
- stag's-horn coral