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Meanings of horned toad in English

Insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body; of western North America.

Synonyms
Examples for "horned lizard"
Examples for "horned lizard"
1
Art -Arthur, actually -is a horned lizard and a serious artist.
Wired
2
One of the most peculiarly armoured animals is the horned lizard, commonly known as the "horned toad" of America.
The Human Side of Animals
3
Watch where you walk if on a visit to southern Mexico, they have just discovered a new species of horned lizard there.
The Irish Times
4
The Indians claim that if a snake swallows the horned lizard whole, the lizard will immediately work his way through the snake.
The Human Side of Animals
5
Mama bought another rooster to "improve the flock." Fritz caught a horned lizard and kept it in a box in the tree house.
Her mother's hope
1
I've seen plenty of them horny frogs, but I never knew anybody to have one for a side-partner.
Sixes and Sevens
Usage of horned toad in English
1
The horned toad and the lizard had favorite places at each repast.
A Truthful Woman in Southern California
2
Once, in her haste to overtake her master, she encountered a horned toad.
Old Mission Stories of California
3
I must not forget my horned toad, Diego, that I got in California.
Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography
4
Everybody with a horned toad on his hands immediately thinks of Dr. Ditmars.
The new yorker
5
I'm sorry it's Starr and not that thoughtful old horned toad in the corner.
The Killer
6
I'll sit here like a horned toad till the boss gives me my time.
Steve Yeager
7
A horned toad darted across the path, and a skink with a blue tongue.
Stories: all-new tales
8
I've got a horned toad there and-a poison sarpint.
A Son of the Hills
9
By the great horned toad, I'll make him tell!
Hidden Gold
10
He pulled the horned toad from his waist-front and held it tightly in his two hands.
Cow-Country
11
The horned toad is quite as forbidding in appearance, but he is a harmless little thing.
The Romance of the Colorado River / The Story of its Discovery i...
12
Compares horses to Man, and to horned toad.
The new yorker
13
By the great horned toad, they done us!
Hidden Gold
14
They are probably the ugliest creatures in existence, if we except the horned toad and the rhinoceros.
The Moving Picture Boys at Panama; Or, Stirring Adventures Along...
15
The horned toad, while not poisonous, is protected by having horny spines upon its head and back.
The Western United States: A Geographical Reader
16
He is "Prickey," the famed horned toad of Nevada.
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume I / From San Francisco to...
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Horned toad through the time
Horned toad across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common