01 a. Covered with a hood.
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Covered with a hood.
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Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.
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Hood-shaped;(Bot.)
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Having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.(Zool.)
Phrases & compounds
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 warbler —
a small American warbler (Sylvania mitrata).