horned toad

noun

Synonym of horned frog.

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Meanings

nounhorned toad (plural horned toads)

plural horned toads

  1. Synonym of horned frog.

    Hooded rattlesnakes, horned toads, and lizards crawl in the dust and among the rocks.

    1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22
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    Looking out at the gloomy silent withered forests, Bond thought that nothing could be living in them except bats and scorpions, horned toads and black widow spiders.

    1954, Ian Fleming, “The Everglades”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 123

    Synonyms: horned frog

  2. A South American frog of the genus Ceratophrys

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of horned frog.

More synonyms by meaning

nouninsectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body; of western North America

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horned lizardhorny frog
Broader
iguanidiguanid lizard

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