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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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