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hooded adjective Etymology: Middle English hoded, hooded, from hod, hood + -ed 1. a. : covered or furnished with a hood or something resembling a hood b. : having the awn replaced by a trifurcate hood — used of some cereal grasses 2. a. : shaped like a hood b. : rolled in expanded conical form with a reflexed tip : cucullate — used of plant organs < arums with hooded spathes > 3. a. : having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the body — used chiefly of birds b. : having a crest on the head that suggests a hood < hooded seals > c. of a cobra : having the skin at each side of the neck capable of expansion by movements of the ribs • hood·ed·ness noun -es |