horned screamer 角叫鸭
horned screamer[ noun ]
screamer having a hornlike process projecting from the forehead
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Horned \Horned\, a.
Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike
process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part
shaped like a horn.
The horned moon with one bright star
Within the nether tip. --Coleridge.
{Horned bee} (Zo["o]l.), a British wild bee ({Osmia
bicornis}), having two little horns on the head.
{Horned dace} (Zo["o]l.), an American cyprinoid fish
({Semotilus corporialis}) common in brooks and ponds; the
common chub. See Illust. of {Chub}.
{Horned frog} (Zo["o]l.), a very large Brazilian frog
({Ceratophrys cornuta}), having a pair of triangular horns
arising from the eyelids.
{Horned grebe} (Zo["o]l.), a species of grebe ({Colymbus
auritus}), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense
tufts of feathers on the head.
{Horned horse} (Zo["o]l.), the gnu.
{Horned lark} (Zo["o]l.), the shore lark.
{Horned lizard} (Zo["o]l.), the horned toad.
{Horned owl} (Zo["o]l.), a large North American owl ({Bubo
Virginianus}), having a pair of elongated tufts of
feathers on the head. Several distinct varieties are
known; as, the Arctic, Western, dusky, and striped horned
owls, differing in color, and inhabiting different
regions; -- called also {great horned owl}, {horn owl},
{eagle owl}, and {cat owl}. Sometimes also applied to the
{long-eared owl}. See {Eared owl}, under {Eared}.
{Horned poppy}. (Bot.) See {Horn poppy}, under {Horn}.
{Horned pout} (Zo["o]l.), an American fresh-water siluroid
fish; the bullpout.
{Horned rattler} (Zo["o]l.), a species of rattlesnake
({Crotalus cerastes}), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains,
from California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular
horns between the eyes; -- called also {sidewinder}.
{Horned ray} (Zo["o]l.), the sea devil.
{Horned screamer} (Zo["o]l.), the kamichi.
{Horned snake} (Zo["o]l.), the cerastes.
{Horned toad} (Zo["o]l.), any lizard of the genus
{Phrynosoma}, of which nine or ten species are known.
These lizards have several hornlike spines on the head,
and a broad, flat body, covered with spiny scales. They
inhabit the dry, sandy plains from California to Mexico
and Texas. Called also {horned lizard}.
{Horned viper}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Cerastes}.
Kamichi \Ka"mi*chi\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A curious South American bird ({Anhima or {Palamedea
cornuta}), often domesticated by the natives and kept with
poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a
long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp
spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs
resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in
anatomical characters to the ducks and geese ({Anseres}).
Called also {horned screamer}. The name is sometimes applied
also to the {chaja}. See {Chaja}, and {Screamer}.