Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Horned \Horned\, a.
   Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike
   process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part
   shaped like a horn.

         The horned moon with one bright star Within the nether
         tip.                                     --Coleridge.

   {Horned bee} (Zo["o]l.), a British wild bee ({Osmia
      bicornis}), having two little horns on the head.

   {Horned dace} (Zo["o]l.), an American cyprinoid fish
      ({Semotilus corporialis}) common in brooks and ponds; the
      common chub. See Illust. of {Chub}.

   {Horned frog} (Zo["o]l.), a very large Brazilian frog
      ({Ceratophrys cornuta}), having a pair of triangular horns
      arising from the eyelids.

   {Horned grebe} (Zo["o]l.), a species of grebe ({Colymbus
      auritus}), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense
      tufts of feathers on the head.

   {Horned horse} (Zo["o]l.), the gnu.

   {Horned lark} (Zo["o]l.), the shore lark.

   {Horned lizard} (Zo["o]l.), the horned toad.

   {Horned owl} (Zo["o]l.), a large North American owl ({Bubo
      Virginianus}), having a pair of elongated tufts of
      feathers on the head. Several distinct varieties are
      known; as, the Arctic, Western, dusky, and striped horned
      owls, differing in color, and inhabiting different
      regions; -- called also {great horned owl}, {horn owl},
      {eagle owl}, and {cat owl}. Sometimes also applied to the
      {long-eared owl}. See {Eared owl}, under {Eared}.

   {Horned poppy}. (Bot.) See {Horn poppy}, under {Horn}.

   {Horned pout} (Zo["o]l.), an American fresh-water siluroid
      fish; the bullpout.

   {Horned rattler} (Zo["o]l.), a species of rattlesnake
      ({Crotalus cerastes}), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains,
      from California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular
      horns between the eyes; -- called also {sidewinder}.

   {Horned ray} (Zo["o]l.), the sea devil.

   {Horned screamer} (Zo["o]l.), the kamichi.

   {Horned snake} (Zo["o]l.), the cerastes.

   {Horned toad} (Zo["o]l.), any lizard of the genus
      {Phrynosoma}, of which nine or ten species are known.
      These lizards have several hornlike spines on the head,
      and a broad, flat body, covered with spiny scales. They
      inhabit the dry, sandy plains from California to Mexico
      and Texas. Called also {horned lizard}.

   {Horned viper}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Cerastes}.

Source : WordNet®

great horned owl
     n : brown North American horned owl [syn: {Bubo virginianus}]