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C auritus Brocket Brock"et (br[o^]k"[e^]t), n. [OE. broket, F. broquart
fallow deer a year old, fr. the same root as E. broach,
meaning point (hence tine of a horn).]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes
called brock.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A small South American deer, of several species
(Coassus superciliaris, C. rufus, and C. auritus).
Colymbus auritus 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.
L auritus Sunfish Sun"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A very large oceanic plectognath fish (Mola mola, Mola
rotunda, or Orthagoriscus mola) having a broad body
and a truncated tail.
(b) Any one of numerous species of perch-like North American
fresh-water fishes of the family Centrachid[ae]. They
have a broad, compressed body, and strong dorsal spines.
Among the common species of the Eastern United States are
Lepomis gibbosus (called also bream, pondfish,
pumpkin seed, and sunny), the blue sunfish, or
dollardee (L. pallidus), and the long-eared sunfish
(L. auritus). Several of the species are called also
pondfish.
(c) The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner.
(d) The opah.
(e) The basking, or liver, shark.
(f) Any large jellyfish.
Lepomis auritus Pondfish Pond"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of American fresh-water fishes
belonging to the family Centrarchid[ae]; -- called also
pond perch, and sunfish.
Note: The common pondfish of New England (Lepomis gibbosus)
is called also bream, pumpkin seed, and sunny.
See Sunfish. The long-eared pondfish (Lepomis
auritus) of the Eastern United States is distinguished
by its very long opercular flap.
