horned toad
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He drew back, as though I were passing him an unwanted bill or possibly a horned toad.
From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2020
If issued, the plate, which would mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, would join dozens of specialty plates pushing causes ranging from supporting the arts to preserving the horned toad.
From Reuters • Aug. 16, 2011
So averred honest men who had just dug it out, and one remembered having planned to put a horned toad in the stone at its laying 31 years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
The idea then, and even now, in Texas is that a horned toad can live 100 years without food, water, air or company.
From Time Magazine Archive
He realized that the horned toad must also have a weave of wind!
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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