{ } 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 ]