horned toad

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horned toad

n.
See horned lizard.
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horned toad

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horned lizard

n
(Animals) any small insectivorous burrowing lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, inhabiting desert regions of America, having a flattened toadlike body covered with spines: family Iguanidae (iguanas)
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Noun1.horned toad - insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the bodyhorned toad - insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body; of western North America
horned lizard, horny frog
iguanid, iguanid lizard - lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males
genus Phrynosoma, Phrynosoma - horned lizards
Phrynosoma cornutum, Texas horned lizard - of arid and semiarid open country
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horned toad

n → Krötenechse f
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For more than a week we had seen, besides ourselves and our animals, only such living things as rattlesnakes and horned toads. In an Arizona desert one does not long coexist with only such creatures as these: one must have pack animals, supplies, arms--"an outfit." And all these imply comrades.
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