(1):
(a.) Hooded; cowled; covered, as with a hood.
(2):
(a.) Having a hoodlike crest on the head, as certain birds, mammals, and reptiles.
(3):
(a.) Having the prothorax elevated so as to form a sort of hood, receiving the head, as in certain insects.
(4):
(a.) Having the edges toward the base rolled inward, as the leaf of the commonest American blue violet.