Cucullate; Cucullated

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Hooded; cowled; covered, as with a hood. Sir T. Browne.

2. Having the edges toward the base rolled inward, as the leaf of the commonest American blue violet.

3. Having the prothorax elevated so as to form a sort of hood, receiving the head, as in certain insects.

4. Having a hoodlike crest on the head, as certain birds, mammals, and reptiles.