Cucullate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cucullate \Cu"cul*late\ (k?"k?l-l?t or k?-k?l"l?t), Cucullated
  \Cu"cul*la`ted\ (-l?`t?d or -l?-t?d), a. [LL. cullatus, fr. L.
     cucullus a cap, hood. See {Cowl} a hood.]
     1. Hooded; cowled; covered, as with a hood. --Sir T. Browne.
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     2. (Bot.) Having the edges toward the base rolled inward, as
        the leaf of the commonest American blue violet.
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     3. (Zool.)
        (a) Having the prothorax elevated so as to form a sort of
            hood, receiving the head, as in certain insects.
        (b) Having a hoodlike crest on the head, as certain birds,
            mammals, and reptiles.
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