horned lizard

English

Noun

horned lizard (plural horned lizards)

A Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) standing on grass.

1. 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.

Usage notes

• The synonyms using toad and frog are derived from the shape of its body.

Synonyms

• (Phrynosoma): horned toad, horny toad, horned frog

Hyponyms

• regal horned lizard

Translations

lizard of the genus Phrynosoma

• Cahuilla: chálaka
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 角蜥 (jiǎoxī)

• Dutch: padhagedis (nl) m
• Finnish: sarvikonnalisko
• French: lézard à cornes m, iguane à cornes f
• Navajo: naʼashǫ́ʼii dichʼízhii
• Russian: жабови́дная я́щерица f (žabovídnaja jáščerica)
• Spanish: lagarto cornudo m

References

• horned lizard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phrynosoma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies