CUCUJO
Cu*cu"jo (k-k"h), n. Etym: [Native name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The fire beetle of Mexico and the West Indies.
CUCULLATE; CUCULLATED
Cu"cul*late (k"kl-lt or k-kl"lt), Cu"cul*la`ted (-l`td or -l-td), a.
Etym: [LL. cullatus, fr. L. cucullus a cap, hood. See Cowl a hood.]
1. Hooded; cowled; covered, as with a hood. Sir T. Browne.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Having the edges toward the base rolled inward, as the leaf of the commonest American blue violet.
3. (Zoöl.) (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.
CUCULLUS
Cu*cul"lus, n.; pl. Cuculli (#). [L., a hood.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A hood-shaped organ, resembling a cowl or monk's hood, as certain concave and arched sepals or petals.