horned lizard

horned lizard

n.

Any of several lizards of the genus Phrynosoma of western North America and Central America, having short horns on the head, a wide flattened spiny body, and a short tail. Also called horned toad, horny toad.

horned′ liz′ard

n.

a flat-bodied iguanid lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, of W North America, having hornlike spines on the head. Also called horned′ toad′.

[1805–15, Amer.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

horned lizard - insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body; of western North America horned toad, 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