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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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... Joe, for several times in the trip through the jungles he had jumped aside at a sight of the big lizards, which are almost as large as cats. They are probably the ugliest creatures in existence, if we except the horned toad and the rhinoceros. ...

— The Moving Picture Boys at Panama - Stirring Adventures Along the Great Canal • Victor Appleton

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... for the fact that I'm quick in the head my wife would be a widow. I was in my sleeping bag and saw the bear coming. I knew what was going to happen, and that I had one chance in a thousand. It flashed through my mind that a horned toad when threatened with danger will inflate itself to such an extent that a wagon may pass over it, leaving the toad uninjured. I drew a deep breath, expanded my diaphragm to its greatest capacity, and lay rigid. It was all that ...

— The Dude Wrangler • Caroline Lockhart

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... the prairie dog some crackers and cheese. "You see, dad told me I could pick up some pet animals while I was in Texas, and I got quite a collection while dad was in the hospital. Here is one in my pocket," and the boy took a horned toad out of his pocket, about as big as a soft-shelled crab, and put it in the old ...

— Peck's Bad Boy With the Cowboys • Hon. Geo. W. Peck

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... you be a horned toad or coyote," the seeker of moisture would reply, "then maybe you can stand it. Just keep right on by the Alabama Settlement to Tulare and you can have my place on Big Dry Creek and welcome. You'll be drowned there mighty seldom. The wagon spokes and tires will rattle and ...

— Steep Trails • John Muir

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