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Cucullate
Pronunciation : Cu"cul*late (k"kl-lt or k-kl"lt), Cu"cul*la`ted (-l`td or -l-td)
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [LL. cullatus, fr. L. cucullus a cap, hood. See Cowl a hood.]
Definition : 1. Hooded; cowled; covered, as with a hood. Sir T. Browne.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Having the edges toward the base rolled inward, as the leaf of the commonest American blue violet.
3. (Zo?l.) (a) Having the prothorax elevated so as to form a sort of hood, receiving the head, as in certain insects. (b) Having a hoodlike crest on the head, as certain birds, mammals, and reptiles.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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