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hoody

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Dun  \Dun\,  a.  [AS.  dunn.  of  Celtic  origin;  cf  W.  dwn,  Ir  & 
  Gael.  donn.] 
  Of  a  dark  color;  of  a  color  partaking  of  a  brown  and  black; 
  of  a  dull  brown  color;  swarthy. 
 
  Summer's  dun  cloud  comes  thundering  up  --  Pierpont. 
 
  Chill  and  dun  Falls  on  the  moor  the  brief  November  day 
  --Keble. 
 
  {Dun  crow}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  hooded  crow;  --  so  called  from  its 
  color;  --  also  called  {hoody},  and  {hoddy}. 
 
  {Dun  diver}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  goosander  or  merganser. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Hooded  \Hood"ed\,  a. 
  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.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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}.  See  {Cobra  de  capello},  {Asp},  {Haje},  etc 
 
 
  {Hooded  warbler},  a  small  American  warbler  ({Sylvania 
  mitrata}). 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Hoody  \Hood"y\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  The  hooded  crow;  also  in  Scotland,  the  hooded  gull.