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Definition of Colymbus 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.

Meaning of Colymbus auritus from wikipedia

- (Podiceps auritus) is a relatively small and threatened species of waterbird in the family Podicipedidae. There are two subspecies, P. a. auritus (Slavonian...
- Colymbus (grebes & loons) Colymbus arcticus – black-throated loon Colymbus cristatus – great crested grebe Colymbus auritus – horned grebe Colymbus podiceps...
- Stolpe, Max (1 January 1935). "Colymbus, Hesperornis, Podiceps: ein Vergleich ihrer hinteren Extremität" [Colymbus, Hesperornis, Podiceps: a comparison...
- name "eared" with the scientific name of the horned grebe Podiceps auritus (auritus, Latin, 'eared'). The name "eared grebe" is still used in North America...
- 1787 Type species Colymbus cristatus Linnaeus, 1758 Species See text. Synonyms Pliodytes Brodkorb 1953 Dyas Lophaithyia Kaup 1829 Colymbus Linnaeus 1758 non...
- in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name Colymbus grisegena in his catalogue of the Planches Enluminées. The type locality...
- †Pseudosuccinea columella Pseudotorinia Pseudozonaria Psilaxis Pteria †Pteria colymbus Pterocarya Pteromeris †Pteromeris perplana Pteropurpura Pterorytis Pterotyphis...
- †Petrocheliodon pyrrhonota †Phalacrocoras †Phalacrocoras auritus Phalacrocorax †Phalacrocorax auritus †Phenacomya †Phenacomya petrosa Phenacomys †Phenacomys...
- – type locality for species Ciconia – tentative report †Ciconia maltha Colymbus Comptonia †Comptonia hesperia †Conites – tentative report †Copemys – tentative...
- report †Colus precursor Colymbus †Colymbus holbellii †Colymbus nigricollis †Colymbus oligocaenus – type locality for species †Colymbus parvus †Comicilabium...