Meaning of horned frog | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of several large carnivorous frogs, of the genus Megophrys, Pelobatrachus, and Ceratophrys, that have elongated "eyebrows".
2. Synonym of horned lizard; genus Phrynosoma, especially the Texas horned lizard.
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Examples

“But among all the harmless reptiles of Texas, decidedly the most singular is the horned frog; it resembles the common frog […]”

“The horned frog is a native of Texas and Lower California, where he is found inhabiting the sandy soil of the prairies and the pockets of the small boy. / The horned frog is really no frog at all, but a lizard traveling incognito.”

“I have always had aspecial affinity for horned toads, probably because I went to Texas Christian University, whose mascot is the horned frog”

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