Hoody

3 definitions found

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

  Hoody \Hood"y\ (h[oo^]d"[y^]), n. (Zool.)
     The hooded crow; also, in Scotland, the hooded gull.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dun \Dun\, a. [AS. dunn, of Celtic origin; cf. W. dwn, Ir. &
     Gael. donn.]
     Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black;
     of a dull brown color; swarthy.
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           Summer's dun cloud comes thundering up.  -- Pierpont.
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           Chill and dun
           Falls on the moor the brief November day. --Keble.
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     {Dun crow} (Zool.), the hooded crow; -- so called from its
        color; -- also called {hoody}, and {hoddy}.
  
     {Dun diver} (Zool.), the goosander or merganser.
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