horned screamer

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a screamer, Anhima cornuta, of tropical South America, having a long, slender hornlike process projecting from the forehead.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

First recorded in 1775–85

And so, the horned god became Satan—and others in his demonic retinue.
Meet Krampus, the Seriously Bad Santa|Jay Michaelson|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The male Wiccan god is given horns, representing the horned animals that ancient humans hunted.
‘Gods of Suburbia’: Dina Goldstein’s Arresting Photo Series on Religion vs. Consumerism|Dina Goldstein|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The screamer: “INSIDER: GINGRICH REPEATEDLY INSULTED REAGAN.”
Drudge's Anti-Newt Assault|Howard Kurtz|January 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Her bangs tickle the tops of her thin horned-rimmed prescription glasses, her earlobes sparkle with a small pair of sparkly studs.
Horrifying 'Little Girl Sex Cult'|Diane Dimond|June 1, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Under intense media pressure, Texas Republican Randy Neugebauer later revealed himself to be the screamer.
The Pain of Bart Stupak|Sandra McElwaine|March 27, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Fifteen of these horned monsters maintain an incessant mooing and bellowing.
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches|William Makepeace Thackeray
We heard boars snorting, and running away, and strange-looking horned creatures leaping and bounding off in all directions.
Kari the Elephant|Dhan Gopal Mukerji
They are descendants of the old long-horned stock, and have a mighty notion of the importance of church-going.
Our Churches and Chapels|Atticus
Looking in the direction she pointed, he saw about fifty yards away an enormous horned snake wound round a branch of sassafras.
The Animal Story Book|Various
The baron made a sign, and thirty peasants ran to the cottage of Finette, who very obligingly lent them her golden-horned cow.
Laboulaye's Fairy Book|Various