horned frog
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A horned frog (1)
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A horned frog (2)
Noun
horned frog (plural horned frogs)
- Any of several large carnivorous frogs, of the genus Megophrys, that have elongated "eyebrows"
- Any of the genus Phrynosoma of horned lizards, especially the Texas horned lizard.
- 1912, J. W. Reading, “Locomotive Engineers Journal”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 47:
- 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.
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