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Webster 1913 Edition


Hooded

Hood′ed

,
Adj.
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.
(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.
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
.
Hooded warbler
,
a small American warbler (
Sylvania mitrata
).

Webster 1828 Edition


Hooded

HOOD'ED

,
pp.
Covered with a hood; blinded.

Definition 2024


hooded

hooded

English

Adjective

hooded (not comparable)

  1. Wearing a hood.
  2. Covered with a hood.
  3. Shaped like a hood.
  4. (of an animal) Having a crest or similar elastic skin in the neck area.
  5. (of clothing) Fitted with a hood.
    A hooded anorak.

Translations

Derived terms

  • hooded crane
  • hooded crow
  • hooded grebe
  • hooded gull
  • hooded justice
  • hooded merganser
  • hooded oriole
  • hooded pitohui
  • hooded seal
  • hooded sheldrake
  • hooded snake
  • hooded spirits
  • hooded sweatshirt
  • hooded tickspider
  • hooded tops
  • hooded vulture
  • hooded warbler
  • hooded wheatear

Verb

hooded

  1. simple past tense and past participle of hood