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Horned toad

noun

Insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body; of western North America. Synonyms: horned lizard, horny frog.

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"Horned toad" Quotes from Famous Books

... flames with furnace heat, I have trod. Where the horned toad's tiny feet In a land Of burning sand Leave a mark, I have ridden in the noon and in the dark. Now I go to see the snows, Where the mossy mountains rise Wild and bleak—and the rose And pink of morning fill the skies With a color that is singing, ...

— The Trail of the Goldseekers - A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse • Hamlin Garland

... the dust the track of a lizard, a kangaroo-mouse, and a horned toad. We could see for ourselves Bre'r Jack-rabbit and Sis' Gopher skipping away in the greasewood. The horses and cattle had their own broad-beaten roads converging from far away toward an occasional break in the canon wall, where the thirsty ...

— A Touch Of Sun And Other Stories • Mary Hallock Foote

Words linked to "Horned toad" : iguanid, iguanid lizard, genus Phrynosoma, Phrynosoma, Phrynosoma cornutum, Texas horned lizard