horned toad

noun

any small insectivorous burrowing lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, inhabiting desert regions of America, having a flattened toadlike body covered with spines: family Iguanidae (iguanas)

As he was walking down the mesa he saw a lizard, of the kind commonly known as a horned toad, lying under a rock in pain.

An arrangement of the subspecies of the horned toad, Phrynosoma orbiculare (Iguanidae).

They went as a team and gave me about as much chance to escape as if I'd been a horned toad sealed in a cornerstone.

The horned toad is quite as forbidding in appearance, but he is a harmless little thing.

I havent seen you since you captured the horned toad in California.

April 20, 2024flabbergast

[flab-er-gast ]

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