horned
     adj : having a horn or horns or hornlike parts or horns of a
           particular kind; "horned viper"; "great horned owl";
           "the unicorn--a mythical horned beast"; "long-horned
           cattle" [ant: hornless]

Poppy \Pop"py\, n.; pl. Poppies. [OE. popy, AS. popig, L.
   papaver.] (Bot.)
   Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy
   polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species
   (Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the
   species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the
   plant. See Illust. of Capsule.

   California poppy (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the
      genus Eschscholtzia.

   Corn poppy. See under Corn.

   Horn, or Horned, poppy. See under Horn.

   Poppy bee (Zo["o]l.), a leaf-cutting bee (Anthocopa
      papaveris) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for
      the lining of its cells; -- called also upholsterer bee.


   Prickly poppy (Bot.), Argemone Mexicana, a
      yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly
      as a thistle.

   Poppy seed, the seed the opium poppy (P. somniferum).

   Spatling poppy (Bot.), a species of Silene (S. inflata).
      See Catchfly.

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.