horned
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3.0
- adjective
- /hɔrnɪd/
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con cuernos
- Yeah, my friends and I found some horned lizards on the Terravex property.
- horned beetle
- horned owl
- horned animals
The deep sauce is the horned Viper of North Africa and it's venom makes you really thirsty.
- The deep sauce is the horned Viper of North Africa and it's venom makes you really thirsty.
- The unlikely silhouette of a common horned owl with sharp, sharp tufted ears, rust brown face with white feathers, and chin and throat mottled Gray and brown body.
- The trait of the three horned Harvick is to be thoughtful.
- And suddenly in my mind, I saw that bull horned altar and I was like, Oh my God, I get it.
Examples
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"Hold!" one of the horned men called, but they paid no attention.
Fiction book (1993) -
Behind the queen came more horned men, their mail glittering like fish scales in the moonlight.
Fiction book (1993) -
Even the Horned King shakes with fear.
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But if I could tell you, I'd say that that horned beast did show up to steal their magic.
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Look out, here comes a black-horned rhino!
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Plenty of critters kill house cats, from great horned owls to dogs.
Fiction book (1998) -
Does a horned lizard squirt blood from its eyelids when threatened?
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I was astonished to meet the wide-eyed gaze of a great horned owl.
Fiction book (2002) -
PHOTO: Having just captured a long-tailed weasel, a great horned owl prepares to feast atop its perch.
Academic text (1991) -
The horned beetle uses its impressive horns to attract a mate.
Synonyms
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7.8
Having hard, pointed parts on the head or body like in some animals
Curved and narrow at one end, ending in a point
Antonyms
Compounds
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4.0
A large owl with ear tufts and brown and white feathers found in North America
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7.5
A small spiny lizard with short horns on its head found in western North America
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A poisonous snake from northern Africa and southwest Asia with a horn above each eye
- Specialized
A grasshopper with very long feelers that makes sounds with its wings
A very poisonous snake with a small horn above each eye from northern Africa and southwestern Asia
A four-legged plant-eating dinosaur with a beak, horns, and a frill like Triceratops
A water plant with thin leaves that grows in still or slow-moving fresh and slightly salty water
A small pale desert snake with a rattle and horn-like scales above its eyes in the southwestern United States
A small European flower with a long thin spur that people grow for its bright blooms
- Specialized
A flat fish with small horn-like bumps on its head that lives on sandy sea bottoms in warm Atlantic waters
A small spiky lizard with horns and a flat body from dry areas in the southwestern United States
- Specialized
A grasshopper with antennae shorter than its body that often eats plants and can damage crops
A plant with bright yellow flowers and bluish green leaves that grows on sandy seashores
How Horned
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Horned comes from the Old English word horn, which means 'horn' — the hard, pointy thing on an animal, and the ending -ed means 'having'. Think of a cow or a unicorn with a horn; that's why horned means 'having one or more horns'.