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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CUCULLATE, CUCULLATED

a.[L., a hood, a cowl. ] 1. Hooded; cowled; covered as with a hood.
2. Having the shape or resemblance of a hood; or wide at the top and drawn to a point below, in shape of a conical roll of paper; as a cucullate leaf.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CUCULLATE; CUCULLATED

CUCULLATE; CUCULLATED Cu "cul *late (k "kl-lt or k-kl "lt ), Cu "cul *la `ted (-l `td or -l-td ), a.Etym: [LL. cullatus, fr. L. cucullus a cap, hood. See Cowl a hood. ]

 

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

 

2. (Bot. )

 

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

 

3. (Zoöl.) (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.

 

CUCULLUS

Cu *cul "lus, n.; pl. Cuculli (#). [L., a hood. ]

 

1. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A hood-shaped organ, resembling a cowl or monk's hood, as certain concave and arched sepals or petals.

 

2. (Zoöl.) A color marking or structure on the head somewhat resembling a hood.

 

CUCULOID

Cu "cu *loid (kk-loid ), a. Etym: [L.cuculus a cuckoo + -oid.] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Like or belonging to the cuckoos (Cuculidæ ).

 

French Dictionary

cucul

cucul ou cucu adj. adjectif invariable familier Ridicule, démodé. : Une histoire cucul. Cucul la praline. Prononciation Le l ne se prononce pas, [kyky ]; l ’adjectif rime avec cocu

 

Spanish Dictionary

cuculí

cuculí nombre femenino Perú Paloma torcaz del tamaño de la doméstica pero de forma más esbelta; es de color ceniza y tiene una faja azul muy intenso alrededor de cada ojo; su canto da origen a su nombre .