| 单词 | horned frog |
| 释义 | > as lemmashorned frog horned frog n. (a) a lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, having the head and back covered with spikes (U.S.); also horned toad; (b) a South American frog of the genus Ceratophrys which has horn-like projections on its eyelids. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Iguanidae > member of genus Phrynosoma (horned lizard) tapayaxin1753 horned lizard1806 horned frog1831 horned toad1914 the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > types of frog or toad > suborder Procoela > family Leptodactylidae > member of (horned frog) horned toad1806 horn-frog1807 horned frog1831 hylodes1858 1831 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom IX. 395 It is of the horned frogs, with concealed tympanum, that Gravenhorst has made his genus Stombus, but they have teeth like the others, and should not be approximated to the toads. 1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. xliv. 78 We picked up..a number of the horned frogs... Remarkable specimens with the horns of half and three-fourths of an inch in length, and very sharp at the points. 1847 G. F. Ruxton Adventures Mexico & Rocky Mts. 156 The cameleon is the ‘horned frog’ of the prairies of America. 1902 P. Fountain Great Mountains & Forests S. Amer. xi. 290 In all outward aspects they resemble toads... They are very revolting-looking creatures, and are mostly of the species known as South American horned frogs. The common horned frog of Brazil is among them. 1962 H. R. Smyth Amphibians & their Ways xviii. 225 The Horned Frog possesses sharp teeth on his upper jaws and sharp bony processes on the lower jaw; what is more, he does not hesitate to use those teeth. < as lemmas |
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