Meanings
plural horned lizards
- Any of some 14 species of lizard in the genus Phrynosoma, generally with wide toad-shaped bodies less than a foot long, noted for the horny structures on their heads.
Synonyms: horned toad, horny toad, horned frog
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of some 14 species of lizard in the genus Phrynosoma, generally with wide toad-shaped bodies less than a foot long, noted for the horny structures on their heads.
More synonyms by meaning
nouninsectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body; of western North America
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 角蜥
- 角蜥 (jiǎoxī)lizard of the genus Phrynosoma
Dutch padhagedis
- padhagedislizard of the genus Phrynosoma
Finnish sarvikonnalisko
- sarvikonnaliskolizard of the genus Phrynosoma
French lézard à cornes, iguane à cornes
- lézard à corneslizard of the genus Phrynosoma
- iguane à corneslizard of the genus Phrynosoma
German Krötenechse
- Krötenechselizard of the genus Phrynosoma
Icelandic hornkemba, körtueðla
- hornkembalizard of the genus Phrynosoma
- körtueðlalizard of the genus Phrynosoma
Russian жабови́дная я́щерица
- жабови́дная я́щерица (žabovídnaja jáščerica)lizard of the genus Phrynosoma
Spanish lagarto cornudo
- lagarto cornudolizard of the genus Phrynosoma
Cite this entry
horned lizard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horned%20lizard
“horned lizard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horned%20lizard. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “horned lizard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horned%20lizard.
Source: horned lizard on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.