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Dun, a. [AS. dunn, of Celtic origin; cf. W. dwn, Ir. & Gael. donn.] Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy.
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Summer's dun cloud comes thundering up. Pierpont.
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Chill and dun
Falls on the moor the brief November day. Keble.
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Dun crow (Zool.), the hooded crow; -- so called from its color; -- also called hoody, and hoddy. -- Dun diver (Zool.), the goosander or merganser.
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Hooded, a.
1. Covered with a hood.
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2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.
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3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.
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4. (Zool.) (a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds. (b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or neck; as, “the hooded seal; a hooded snake.”
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Hooded crow, a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called also hoody, dun crow, and royston crow. -- Hooded gull, the European black-headed pewit or gull. -- Hooded merganser. See Merganser. -- Hooded seal, a large North Atlantic seal (Cystophora cristata). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac upon the head. Called also hoodcap. -- Hooded sheldrake, the hooded merganser. See Merganser. -- Hooded snake. See Cobra de capello, Asp, Haje, etc. -- Hooded warbler, a small American warbler (Sylvania mitrata).
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Hoody (ho͝odˈy̆), n. (Zool.) The hooded crow; also, in Scotland, the hooded gull.
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