noun
insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body; of western North America
• Syn: ↑horned lizard, ↑horned toad
• Hypernyms: ↑iguanid, ↑iguanid lizard
• Hyponyms: ↑Texas horned lizard, ↑Phrynosoma cornutum
• Member Holonyms: ↑Phrynosoma, ↑genus Phrynosoma
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Chiefly Southwestern U.S.
See horned frog.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.