\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.
      The horned moon with one bright star Within the nether
      tip.                                     --Coleridge.
{Horned bee} (Zo["o]l.), a British wild bee ({Osmia
   bicornis}), having two little horns on the head.
{Horned dace} (Zo["o]l.), an American cyprinoid fish
   ({Semotilus corporialis}) common in brooks and ponds; the
   common chub. See Illust. of {Chub}.
{Horned frog} (Zo["o]l.), a very large Brazilian frog
   ({Ceratophrys cornuta}), having a pair of triangular horns
   arising from the eyelids.
{Horned grebe} (Zo["o]l.), a species of grebe ({Colymbus
   auritus}), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense
   tufts of feathers on the head.
{Horned horse} (Zo["o]l.), the gnu.
{Horned lark} (Zo["o]l.), the shore lark.
{Horned lizard} (Zo["o]l.), the horned toad.
{Horned owl} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), an American fresh-water siluroid
   fish; the bullpout.
{Horned rattler} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), the sea devil.
{Horned screamer} (Zo["o]l.), the kamichi.
{Horned snake} (Zo["o]l.), the cerastes.
{Horned toad} (Zo["o]l.), 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}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Cerastes}.