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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cucullate \cu"cullate\ k?"k?l-l?t or k?-k?l"l?t, cucullated
\cu"culla`ted\ -l?`t?d or -l?-t?d, a. ll. cullatus, fr. l.
cucullus a cap, hood. see cowl a hood.
1. hooded; cowled; covered, as with a hood. --sir t. browne.
1913 webster
2. bot. having the edges toward the base rolled inward, as
the leaf of the commonest american blue violet.
1913 webster
3. zool.
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.
1913 webster
see also:
cowl
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