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Any of some 14 species of lizard in the genus Phrynosoma, generally with wide toad-shaped bodies less than a foot long, noted for the horny structures on their heads.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body; of western North America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: horned toad, horny frog
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: iguanid, iguanid lizard
Narrower terms: Texas horned lizard, Phrynosoma cornutum
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Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Cahuilla:
chálaka
— lizard of the genus Phrynosoma
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Chinese Mandarin:
角蜥
(jiǎoxī)
— lizard of the genus Phrynosoma
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Dutch:
padhagedis
— lizard of the genus Phrynosoma
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Finnish:
sarvikonnalisko
— lizard of the genus Phrynosoma
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French:
lézard à cornes
— lizard of the genus Phrynosoma
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French:
iguane à cornes
— lizard of the genus Phrynosoma
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German:
Krötenechse
— lizard of the genus Phrynosoma
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Icelandic:
hornkemba
— lizard of the genus Phrynosoma
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Icelandic:
körtueðla
— lizard of the genus Phrynosoma
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Navajo:
naʼashǫ́ʼii dichʼízhii
— lizard of the genus Phrynosoma
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Russian:
жабови́дная я́щерица
(žabovídnaja jáščerica)
— lizard of the genus Phrynosoma
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Spanish:
lagarto cornudo
— lizard of the genus Phrynosoma
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Unami:
wekaxksit
— lizard of the genus Phrynosoma