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    horned screamer
    [ noun ]
    screamer having a hornlike process projecting from the forehead
    <noun.animal>


    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}.

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