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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cucullate \Cu"cul*late\ (k?"k?l-l?t or k?-k?l"l?t), Cucullated \Cu"cul*la`ted\ (-l?`t?d or -l?-t?d), a. [LL. cullatus, fr. L. cucullus a cap, hood. See Cowl a hood.] 1. Hooded; cowled; covered, as with a hood. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Having the edges toward the base rolled inward, as the leaf of the commonest American blue violet. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) (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. [1913 Webster]