Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having short horns, as cattle: specifically noting the breed of cattle called
shorthorns . - Having short antennæ, as an insect.
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Examples
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The only widely found reptile is the short-horned lizard.
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It's a greater/mountain short-horned lizard, Phrynosoma hernandesi.
Field Update Sarah Werning 2008
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It's a greater/mountain short-horned lizard, Phrynosoma hernandesi.
Archive 2008-05-01 Sarah Werning 2008
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Come on you short-horned windows-wma-developing losers, get your beehinds in gear.
The Sudden Curve: 2005
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Come on you short-horned windows-wma-developing losers, get your beehinds in gear.
Do the iShuffle 2005
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The animals took individual shape, round-shouldered, big-headed and short-horned, with shaggy coats and thick legs.
Genellan- Planetfall Gier, Scott 2005
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The fourth species (Elaphomia brevicornis, the short-horned deer-fly) differs considerably from the rest.
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To this day, the prized dairy breeds—Jerseys, Guernseys, Brown Swiss, Holsteins—are short-horned cattle that put their energy into making milk rather than muscle and bone.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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To this day, the prized dairy breeds—Jerseys, Guernseys, Brown Swiss, Holsteins—are short-horned cattle that put their energy into making milk rather than muscle and bone.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Four varieties of the rhinoceros are enumerated by naturalists, but my observation led me to conclude that there are but two, and that the extra species have been formed from differences in their sizes, ages, and the direction of the horns, as if we should reckon the short-horned cattle a different species from the Alderneys or the
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