Hoodcap

2 definitions found

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

  Hoodcap \Hood"cap`\, n.
     See {Hooded seal}, under {Hooded}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Hooded \Hood"ed\, a.
     1. Covered with a hood.
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     2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.
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     3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of
        paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.
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     4. (Zool.)
        (a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from
            the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
        (b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or
            neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.
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     {Hooded crow}, a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called
        also {hoody}, {dun crow}, and {royston crow}.
  
     {Hooded gull}, the European black-headed pewit or gull.
  
     {Hooded merganser}. See {Merganser}.
  
     {Hooded seal}, a large North Atlantic seal ({Cystophora
        cristata}). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac
        upon the head. Called also {hoodcap}.
  
     {Hooded sheldrake}, the hooded merganser. See {Merganser}.
  
     {Hooded snake}. See {Cobra de capello}, {Asp}, {Haje}, etc.
        
  
     {Hooded warbler}, a small American warbler ({Sylvania
        mitrata}).
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