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Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Hooded

· Hood·ed · IPA /ˈhʊdɪd/
01 a. Covered with a hood.
  1. 1.
    Covered with a hood.
  2. 2.
    Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.
  3. 3.
    Hood-shaped;(Bot.)
  4. 4.
    Having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.(Zool.)
Phrases & compounds
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).