horned frog en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
- Any of several large carnivorous frogs, of the genus Megophrys, Pelobatrachus, and Ceratophrys, that have elongated "eyebrows".
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(US) Synonym of horned lizard; genus Phrynosoma, especially the Texas horned lizard.
But among all the harmless reptiles of Texas, decidedly the most singular is the horned frog; it resembles the common frog […]
1855, John Wright, William Wright, Recollections of Western Texas, published 1995, page 41:The horned frog is a native of Texas and Lower California, where he is found inhabiting the sandy soil of the prairies and the pockets of the small boy. / The horned frog is really no frog at all, but a lizard traveling incognito.
1912, J. W. Reading, “Locomotive Engineers Journal”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 47:I have always had aspecial affinity for horned toads, probably because I went to Texas Christian University, whose mascot is the horned frog
2012, Lonn Taylor, Texas, My Texas: Musings of the Rambling Boy:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| horned frogs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Palawan horned frog · Mindanao horned frog · South American horned frog · Pacific horned frog · Malayan horned frog · Cranwell's horned frog · Ecuadorian horned frog · ornate horned frog · Kinabalu horned frog · Surinam horned frog · Brazilian horned frog · Amazonian horned frog · Stolzmann's horned frog · Argentine horned frog · rough horned frog · Chacoan horned frog · Asian horned frog · long-nosed horned frog