1. Adjective
Hooded; cowled; covered, as with a hood.
2. Adjective
Having the edges toward the base rolled inward, as the leaf of the commonest American blue violet.
3. Adjective
Having the prothorax elevated so as to form a sort of hood, receiving the head, as in certain insects.
4. Adjective
Having a hoodlike crest on the head, as certain birds, mammals, and reptiles.
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