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  1. 1. imp. & p. p. of Hood Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Covered with a hood. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood. Source: opted
  4. 4. a. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip. Source: opted
  5. 5. a. Having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds. Source: opted
  6. 6. a. Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake. Source: opted
  7. 7. 1. Covered with a hood. 2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood. 3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip. 4. (Zoöl.) (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. 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). Source: webster

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