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horned       [hawrnd] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.having horns (often used in combination): a horned beast; blunt-horned.
2.having or wearing a horn-shaped protuberance, ornament, or the like: the horned crags.
3.having a crescent-shaped part or form.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME; see horn, -ed3]

—Related forms
horn·ed·ness       [hawr-nid-nis] Pronunciation Key, noun
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horn       (hôrn)  Pronunciation Key 


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n.  
  1. One of the hard, usually permanent structures projecting from the head of certain mammals, such as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes, consisting of a bony core covered with a sheath of keratinous material.
  2. A hard protuberance, such as an antler or projection on the head of a giraffe or rhinoceros, that is similar to or suggestive of a horn.
    1. The hard smooth keratinous material forming the outer covering of the horns of cattle or related animals.
    2. A natural or synthetic substance resembling this material.
    3. A horn of plenty; a cornucopia.
    4. Either of the ends of a new moon.
    5. The point of an anvil.
    6. The pommel of a saddle.
    7. An ear trumpet.
    8. A device for projecting sound waves, as in a loudspeaker.
    9. A hollow, metallic electromagnetic transmission antenna with a circular or rectangular cross section.
    10. A wind instrument made of an animal horn.
    11. A brass wind instrument, such as a trombone or tuba.
    12. A French horn.
    13. A wind instrument, such as a trumpet or saxophone, used in a jazz band.
    14. A usually electrical signaling device that produces a loud resonant sound: an automobile horn.
    15. Any of various noisemakers operated by blowing or by squeezing a hollow rubber ball.
  4. A container, such as a powder horn, made from a horn.
  5. Something having the shape of a horn, especially:
    1. A horn of plenty; a cornucopia.
    2. Either of the ends of a new moon.
    3. The point of an anvil.
    4. The pommel of a saddle.
    5. An ear trumpet.
    6. A device for projecting sound waves, as in a loudspeaker.
    7. A hollow, metallic electromagnetic transmission antenna with a circular or rectangular cross section.
    8. A wind instrument made of an animal horn.
    9. A brass wind instrument, such as a trombone or tuba.
    10. A French horn.
    11. A wind instrument, such as a trumpet or saxophone, used in a jazz band.
    12. A usually electrical signaling device that produces a loud resonant sound: an automobile horn.
    13. Any of various noisemakers operated by blowing or by squeezing a hollow rubber ball.
  6. Music
    1. A wind instrument made of an animal horn.
    2. A brass wind instrument, such as a trombone or tuba.
    3. A French horn.
    4. A wind instrument, such as a trumpet or saxophone, used in a jazz band.
    5. A usually electrical signaling device that produces a loud resonant sound: an automobile horn.
    6. Any of various noisemakers operated by blowing or by squeezing a hollow rubber ball.
    1. A usually electrical signaling device that produces a loud resonant sound: an automobile horn.
    2. Any of various noisemakers operated by blowing or by squeezing a hollow rubber ball.
  8. Slang A telephone.

intr.v.   horned, horn·ing, horns
To join without being invited; intrude. Used with in.


[Middle English, from Old English; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots.]

horn adj., horn'ist n.
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horned       (hôrnd)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Having a horn, horns, or a hornlike growth.

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horned

adjective
having a horn or horns or hornlike parts or horns of a particular kind; "horned viper"; "great horned owl"; "the unicorn--a mythical horned beast"; "long-horned cattle" [ant: hornless] 

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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.

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