hornedadj.
/ˈhɔːnɪd//hɔːnd/ I. [ < horn n. + -ed suffix2. (Old English had hyrned, from hyrnan, < *hurnjan: compare Old High German gihurnet.)] † 4. Of a cuckold: see horn n. 7. Obsolete.† 5. Applied to bishops with reference to the shape of the mitre. Obsolete.
1.
a. Having horns or antlers; cornuted.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having horns
horneda1400
attired1572
forked1605
cornuted1609
cornigerous1646
corniferous1650
a1400–50 Alexander 4267 Hald we no hors..ne na horned stottis.
1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) ii. xlv. 51 Somme of them were horned, as boolys.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. x. sig. Mm7v Emongst the horned heard.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 525 Cerastes hornd, Hydrus, and Ellops drear. View more context for this quotation
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 19 The..horned cattle brought from Umbria.
1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Eclogues v, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 33 Bull to the horned herd, and the corn to a fruitful plain.
b. Logic. horned syllogism (argument, etc.): the dilemma.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [noun] > types of logical argument > dilemma
dilemma1523
horned syllogism (argument, etc.)1548
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Luke in Paraphr. New Test. xx. 158 [verses 3–7] Thys forked questyon; which the sophisters call an horned question, because that to whether of both partyes a bodye shall make a direct aunswere, he shall renne on the sharpe poyncte of the horne.
1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Ij Dilemma [1580 Dilemna], otherwise..called a horned Argument.
1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 285 Dilemma..A forked or horned Syllogisme.
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. xviii. 351 An hypothetico-disjunctive syllogism is called the dilemma or horned syllogism.
c. figurative.
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1889 W. B. Yeats Wanderings of Oisin 137 Between the hornèd hills.
1955 E. Pound Classic Anthol. iii. 195 High spouts the water, from the hornèd spring.
2. Having, bearing, or wearing an appendage, ornament, etc., called a horn; having horn-like projections or excrescenses.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having horns > having horn-like projections
horned1382
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adjective] > others
horned1382
branched1509
filleted1611
serpentiferous1743
honeycombed1855
skeuomorphic1889
thistledown1889
Paisley1913
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [adjective] > having (a) sharp projection(s) > having horn-like projection(s)
i-horneda1225
horned1382
corniculate1647
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxxiv. 29 He wiste not that his face was horned of the cumpanye of the word of God.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6655 Quen moyses had broght þe lagh..þam thoght him hornd apon farr.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 63 He saide that the women that were so horned were lyche to be horned snailes and hertis and vnicornes.
1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 72/2 Cerf volant, a horned beetle: a bullflie, or hornet.
1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) v. ix. 209 In a silver Medall..upon one side Moses horned.
1695 J. Miller Descr. New York (1843) 6 In the middle of the line from thence northward is a horned work.
1850 H. W. Torrens in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1850 (1851) 19: Pt. i 33 A peculiar horned or crested helmet.
1853 W. C. Bryant Poems (new ed.) 258 The horned crags are shining.
1867 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Æneis 13 Screened By the horned altar.
1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. i. 14 That horned coast is said to have given its name to Cornwall.
3.
a. Having crescent horns, crescent-shaped.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > crescent-shaped
hornedc1400
semilunar1598
crescent1603
moony1605
mooned1607
half-mooned1611
lunary1623
lunar1635
semilunary1638
lunated1673
lunulated1705
moon-shaped1709
semi-lunated1726
lunular1728
lunulate1760
sickle-shaped1764
crescent-shaped1776
lunate1777
moonified1795
crescented1818
crescentic1835
semilunate1841
crescentric1851
demilune1885
crescentoid1887
c1400 J. Lydgate Flour of Curtesye 2 In Fevrier, whan the frosty mone Was horned.
c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xiv. 3 Hornit Dyane, with hir paly glemis.
1630 P. Massinger Renegado ii. v. sig. E2v These Knights of Malta..with their crosses Strooke pale your horned moones.
1810 S. Vince Elem. Astron. (ed. 3) viii. 89 Venus and Mercury appear, first horned.
b. horned cairn n. a type of long barrow peculiar to Scotland.
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun] > mound > of specific shape
long barrow1724
round barrow1768
bell-barrow1812
bowl-barrow1812
disc barrow1871
horned cairn1877
ridge barrow1927
1877 W. Greenwell Brit. Barrows 481 They are in all particulars, except in shape, like the ‘horned’ long cairns.
1907 T. R. Holmes Anc. Brit. i. iii. 106 Intimately related to certain chambered long barrows and the famous horned cairns, which exist only in Caithness.
1954 S. Piggott Neolithic Cultures Brit. Isles viii. 238 These ‘horned cairns’ as they have been known since the nineteenth-century definition of the type.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [adjective] > adulterous > dishonoured by wife's adultery
forked1586
cornuted1612
horn-mada1616
bugle-broweda1632
horneda1632
horn-beaten1652
hornified1693
grafted1699
a1632 T. Middleton & J. Webster Any Thing for Quiet Life (1662) iv. sig. Fv Thou art a beast, a horned beast, an Ox.
1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth I. 349 The horn'd Herd within yon City Wall.
1830 in Roxburghe Ballads (1890) VII. 195 You horned fumbling Cuckolds, in city, court, or town.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [adjective]
bishoplyc890
mitredc1400
hornedc1425
pontificalc1440
episcopal1485
bishoplike1544
rocheted?1544
rochet1561
pontificial1591
pontifician1618
lawny1647
episcopalian1822
c1425 J. Lydgate Pilgrimage Life Manhode 1663 Ye that han in subieccioun Peplys vnder your prelacye..Thogh ye be hornyd to syth [= sight] outward [etc.].
1558 J. Knox Serm. in Sel. Writings (1845) 236 Our horned and mitred bishops.
a1651 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) II. 172 To the servants of the devill, to your dumbe dogges, and horned bishops.
6. Armed or furnished with horn or horny substance.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [adjective] > of texture of horn > furnished with horny substance
horned1590
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. x. sig. Mm7 All day they [sc. Satyrs] daunced..And with their horned feet the greene gras wore.
7. Provided, fitted, or ornamented with horn.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > bone or horn > [adjective] > made of horn
hornen1382
horning1622
horned1801
1801 ‘P. Pindar’ Tears & Smiles 56 Of spectacles that rode his nose, He wink'd through each horn'd glass.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. Extra 24 July 9/2 Specimens of horns mounted in silver and horned goods generally.
II. [ < horn v. + -ed suffix1.] † 8. Scots Law. ‘Put to the horn’; proclaimed a rebel. Obsolete.
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society > authority > punishment > outlawry > [adjective] > outlawed
outlawOE
outlaweda1400
proscriptc1425
proscribed1597
intercommuned1680
horned1705
intercommoneda1715
fugitate1752
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > exclusion from society > [adjective] > proclaimed a rebel
horned1705
1705 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft 30 The Horn'd-man has no remedy but to fly out of the Kingdom of Scotland.
Compounds
horned adder n. an African snake, Bitis cornuta, belonging to the viper family.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > genus Bitis > bitis cornuta (nasicornus (horned adder))
rhinoceros puff-adder1870
horned adder1878
rhinoceros viper1880
1878 A. Aylward Transvaal of To-day xii. 244 The horned adder—a rather rare variety—is one of the worst of these pests.
1929 W. Rose Veld & Vlei 175 The Horned Adder..favours sandy localities, where, buried to the eyes, it watches for any lizards or mice that are unwary enough to approach within striking distance.
1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xxxvi. 329 The Horned Adder... Also a dangerous viper, is usually found in sand regions.
horned dace n. U.S. a small freshwater fish, Semotilus atromaculatus, of the family Cyprinidae.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > member of genus Semotilus
horned dace1842
corporal1888
1842 Nat. Hist. N.Y., Zool. IV. 199 The Horned Sucker is common in most of the fresh-water streams of this state... It is known under the various popular names of Barbel, Dace, and Horned Dace.
1896 D. S. Jordan & B. W. Evermann Fishes N. & Middle Amer. (Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 47) i. 222 Semotilus Atromaculatus... Horned-dace; Creek-chub.
1963 P. A. Parsons Outdoor Life Compl. Bk. Fresh Water Fishing iv. 45 They [sc. creek chubs] are often called horned dace, and are found in creeks and rivers from Montana and New Mexico to the Atlantic Coast and south to Florida.
horned frog n. (a) a lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, having the head and back covered with spikes (U.S.); also horned toad; (b) a South American frog of the genus Ceratophrys which has horn-like projections on its eyelids.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Iguanidae > member of genus Phrynosoma (horned lizard)
tapayaxin1753
horned lizard1806
horned frog1831
horned toad1914
the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > types of frog or toad > suborder Procoela > family Leptodactylidae > member of (horned frog)
horned toad1806
horn-frog1807
horned frog1831
hylodes1858
1831 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom IX. 395 It is of the horned frogs, with concealed tympanum, that Gravenhorst has made his genus Stombus, but they have teeth like the others, and should not be approximated to the toads.
1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. xliv. 78 We picked up..a number of the horned frogs... Remarkable specimens with the horns of half and three-fourths of an inch in length, and very sharp at the points.
1847 G. F. Ruxton Adventures Mexico & Rocky Mts. 156 The cameleon is the ‘horned frog’ of the prairies of America.
1902 P. Fountain Great Mountains & Forests S. Amer. xi. 290 In all outward aspects they resemble toads... They are very revolting-looking creatures, and are mostly of the species known as South American horned frogs. The common horned frog of Brazil is among them.
1962 H. R. Smyth Amphibians & their Ways xviii. 225 The Horned Frog possesses sharp teeth on his upper jaws and sharp bony processes on the lower jaw; what is more, he does not hesitate to use those teeth.
horned helmet n. the gastropod mollusc, Cassis cornuta, or its shell, from which cameos are cut.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > member of genus Cassis
horned helmet1863
1863 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) III. 381 Cameos..that are cut from the Horned Helmet-shell are white.
1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 740/1 The black helmet (Cassis tuberosa) of the West Indian seas, the horned helmet (C. cornuta) of Madagascar..are also employed [for cameos].
1966 A. G. Melvin Sea Shells of World 92/2 Cassis cornuta L. Indo-Pac[ific]. Horned Helmet. Whitish... Interior is golden brown.
horned hog n. (a) the babiroussa (see hog n.1 2); †(b) a kind of fish with a horn on its head (obsolete).
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the world > animals > fish > unspecified types > [noun]
whalec950
tumbrelc1300
sprout1340
squame1393
codmop1466
whitefish1482
lineshark?a1500
salen1508
glaucus1509
bretcock1522
warcodling1525
razor1530
bassinatc1540
goldeney1542
smy1552
maiden1555
grail1587
whiting1587
needle1589
pintle-fish1591
goldfish1598
puffin fish1598
quap1598
stork1600
black-tail1601
ellops1601
fork-fish1601
sea-grape1601
sea-lizard1601
sea-raven1601
barne1602
plosher1602
whale-mouse1607
bowman1610
catfish1620
hog1620
kettle-fish1630
sharpa1636
carda1641
housewifea1641
roucotea1641
ox-fisha1642
sea-serpent1646
croaker1651
alderling1655
butkin1655
shamefish1655
yard1655
sea-dart1664
sea-pelican1664
Negro1666
sea-parrot1666
sea-blewling1668
sea-stickling1668
skull-fish1668
whale's guide1668
sennet1671
barracuda1678
skate-bread1681
tuck-fish1681
swallowtail1683
piaba1686
pit-fish1686
sand-creeper1686
horned hog1702
soldier1704
sea-crowa1717
bran1720
grunter1726
calcops1727
bennet1731
bonefish1734
Negro fish1735
isinglass-fish1740
orb1740
gollin1747
smelt1776
night-walker1777
water monarch1785
hardhead1792
macaw-fish1792
yellowback1796
sea-raven1797
blueback1812
stumpnose1831
flat1847
butterfish1849
croppie1856
gubbahawn1857
silt1863
silt-snapper1863
mullet-head1866
sailor1883
hogback1893
skipper1898
stocker1904
1702 W. Dampier et al. Coll. Voy. (1729) III. 413 The Horned-Hog. A small flat Fish, with a Horn on his Head, notcht on one Side only.
horned horse n. the gnu.
horned lark n.
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1894 R. B. Sharpe Hand-bk. Birds Great Brit. I. 80 The Horned Larks are principally northern birds, occurring throughout the greater part of North America... More than one form of Horned Lark is found in the higher ranges of the Himalayas.
horned lizard n. = horned frog n.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Iguanidae > member of genus Phrynosoma (horned lizard)
tapayaxin1753
horned lizard1806
horned frog1831
horned toad1914
1806 M. Lewis Jrnl. 25 Apr. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1991) VII. 166 The Horned Lizzard is also common.
1844 J. Gregg Commerce of Prairies II. 231 Horned frog..horned lizard, as those of earlier times more rationally called it.
1931 Times Educ. Suppl. 13 June p. iv/3 Among the new arrivals..some horned lizards known in America as ‘horn toads’ are of special interest.
1969 A. Bellairs Life of Reptiles II. xii. 498 The spiny little horned lizards (Phrynosoma) are able to squirt drops of blood from their eyes for several feet.
horned owl n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Strigidae > genus Asio > asio otus (long-eared owl)
horned owla1393
longhorn owl1828
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 4131 A part ek of the horned Oule, The which men hiere on nyhtes houle.
a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Abbot of Tungland in Poems (1998) I. 58 The myttane and Sanct Martynis fowle Wend he had bene the hornit howle.
1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 224 The Great Horned Owl..which is very common in many parts of Greece, was even considered as a favourite Bird of Minerva.
1882 J. Hardy in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 9 428 The horned, white, and brown owls have here an undisturbed refuge.
horned pie n. old name of the hornbill.
horned poppy n. any plant of the genus Glaucium, distinguished by its long horn-like capsules; (esp.) G. luteum, a sea-shore plant with yellow flowers.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > poppy and allied flowers > allied flowers
poppyOE
horned poppy1548
yellow poppy1548
sea poppy1562
garden poppy1577
wind-rose1597
prickly poppy1648
squatmore1691
oriental poppy1731
Welsh poppy1731
infernal fig1760
Mexican poppy1811
Meconopsis1836
redcap1846
horn-poppy1851
squirrel-corn1856
eschscholtzia1857
dielytra1864
Dicentra1866
yellow thistle1866
turkey-corn1884
Shirley poppy1886
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. F.i Papauer corniculatum is called..in englishe horned poppy or yealow poppy.
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Glaucium Horned Poppy,..having Husks resembling Horns.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 215 The horned poppies' blossoms shone Upon a shingle~bank.
1909 Daily Mail 5 Aug. 9/3 The horned poppy is particularly plentiful in Start Bay.
1938 R. Gathorne-Hardy Wild Flowers Brit. vi. 41 The Yellow Horned Poppy..is named from the long curved fruit, which, like an orange tree, it bears at the same time as its blossom.
1963 W. Blunt Of Flowers & Village 140 Of course you know the horned poppy—Glaucium flavum.
horned pout n. an American catfish, Ictalurus (formerly Ameiurus) nebulosus, introduced into western Europe about 1880; = horn-pout n. at horn n. Compounds 3.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Siluriformes (catfish) > [noun] > member of family Ictaluridae
bullhead1674
horn-pout1798
horned pout1837
minister1839
channel cat1847
flannel-mouth1882
stone-cat1882
madtom1896
1837 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 20 July in Amer. Notebks. (1972) ii. 52 Fish caught—the yellow perch..and three horned pouts.
1839 D. H. Storer & W. B. O. Peabody Rep. Fishes, Reptiles & Birds Mass. 102 The Horned Pout..is highly esteemed as an article of food.
1890 K. D. Wiggin Timothy's Quest 126 The baby horned-pouts rustled their whiskers drowsily.
1969 A. Wheeler Fishes Brit. Isles & N.-W. Europe 222/1 Horned Pout... A common fish in still or slow-flowing waters, it is found in many ponds, canals and lowland rivers in western Europe. Not so far reported as feral in the British Isles.
horned rattlesnake n. a desert snake, Crotalus cerastes, found in the south-western U.S. and Mexico; = sidewinder n.2
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > subfamily Crotalinae > genus or member of genus Crotalus > rattlesnake
rattlesnake1624
cascabel1758
prairie rattlesnake1817
rattler1827
water rattle1832
mangrove cascabel1858
horned rattlesnake1870
sidewinder1875
prairie rattler1878
diamond rattlesnake1883
water rattler1888
diamond-back1907
timber rattler1936
1870 Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4 67 The following do not occur west of this region..Horned Rattlesnake, [etc.].
1888 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. VI. 166/1 Crotalus cerastes Hallowell, Horned Rattlesnake, ‘Side~winder’.
1965 R. Morris & D. Morris Men & Snakes viii. 193 This special form of locomotion..occurs in..the horned rattlesnake or ‘sidewinder’ of North America.
horned screamer n. a large black and white bird, Anhima cornuta, distinguished by a hornlike process on its forehead and found in marshy country in the northern half of South America.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of family Anhimidae (screamer)
unicorn-bird1681
anhima1773
screamer1773
horned screamer1785
kamichi1834
1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 18 Horned Scr[eamer]. Palamedea cornuta Lin.
1869–73 T. R. Jones tr. A. E. Brehm Cassell's Bk. Birds IV. 96 The Aniuma or Horned Screamer (Palamedea cornuta) is characterised by a horn upon the brow.
1970 R. Meyer de Schauensee Guide to Birds S. Amer. 30/1 Horned screamer... General plumage glossy greenish black.
horned snake n. (a) = hoop-snake n. at hoop n.1 Compounds 2; (b) = horned viper n.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > farancia abacura (hoop-snake)
horn-snake1694
wampum snake1737
horned snake1775
hoop-snake1784
the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > genus or member of genus Cerastes
cerastes1398
cerast1572
horned viper1767
horned snake1775
1775 J. Adams Diary 21 Sept. (1961) II. 177 Every dip of his Pen stung like an horned Snake.
1784 J. Filson Discov. Kentucke 27 The bull, the horned and the mockason snakes.
1812 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. I. i. vii. 95 The heat of the day brought out a great many snakes; we killed two of very venemous kinds, one the horned snake, as it is called (coluber cerastes).
1851 D. B. Woods Sixteen Months at Gold Diggings 134 It answers the description of horned snake. It is said that, taking the end of its tail in its mouth, it will form a perfect hoop with its body, rolling rapidly over till it reaches the object at which it aims.
1864 J. T. Baines Explor. S.-W. Afr. xiii. 374 I found and captured a cerastes, or horned snake, sixteen or eighteen inches long, lying in the path.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates) > [noun] > with hoof in more than two parts > family Rhinocerotidae > rhinoceros
unicorna1300
rhinocerosa1398
rhinocerota1398
rhinocerite1553
abada1588
horn-nose1598
snout-horn1625
horned-snout1661
rhino1870
rhinocerotine1910
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 79 Hornd-snout. Rhinoceros.
horned toad n. (a) = horned frog n. (a); (b) = horned toad.
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the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > types of frog or toad > suborder Procoela > family Leptodactylidae > member of (horned frog)
horned toad1806
horn-frog1807
horned frog1831
hylodes1858
the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Iguanidae > member of genus Phrynosoma (horned lizard)
tapayaxin1753
horned lizard1806
horned frog1831
horned toad1914
1806 Massachusetts Spy 16 July A venerable Philosopher [sc. Thomas Jefferson] sitting in the middle of an immense Map, marked with vast prairies, huge rivers, and mountains of salt: surrounded by piles of Mammoth's bones, stuffed squirrel skins, and horned toads.
1883 Harper's Mag. Oct. 706/1 I put my horned toad in his cage out in the sun.
1901 H. Gadow in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VIII. vi. 218 These ‘horned toads’ make a squeaking noise when teazed.
1914 E. G. Boulenger Reptiles & Batrachians iv. 70 The genus Phrynosoma, the Horned Toads, as these small, much flattened lizards are often called, inhabit the Southern United States and Mexico.
1956 C. H. Pope Reptile World 282 The grotesqueness of horned toads makes their bluffing antics ludicrous in the extreme.
1956 G. Durrell Drunken Forest vii. 134 ‘Horned toads..three beauties.’.. The largest..was about the circumference of a saucer, and three-quarters of his bulk seemed to consist of head.
horned viper n. a venomous African snake, Cerastes cornutus, distinguished by a horny scale above each eye.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > genus or member of genus Cerastes
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1767 Philos. Trans. 1766 (Royal Soc.) 56 287 The..horned viper of Egypt..is very rare, and scarce to be found in any of the cabinets of natural curiosities in Europe.
1863 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) III. iii. 107 The true Cerastes or Horned Viper is a native of Northern Africa.
1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) xlviii. 251 This year the valley seemed creeping with horned vipers.
1957 K. P. Schmidt & R. F. Inger Living Reptiles of World 162/2 The sharp-tailed worm lizard..is thought erroneously by the natives to be the very poisonous young of the horned viper, Cerastes cornutus.
1973 ‘A. Hall’ Tango Briefing iii. 47 ‘Mine was a horned viper—see that?’ He showed me the fang-marks.
Derivatives
ˈhornedness n. horned condition.
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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [noun] > cusp > condition of having
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > projection on head > horn > animal with horns > horned condition
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1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. (1849) III. 241 The hornedness of the moon.
1852 J. Martineau Ess., Rev., & Addr. (1891) III. 417 The previous coexistence of hornedness and rumination in our conception.
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