'Osmia bicornis' definitions:

Definition of 'Osmia bicornis'

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]