cuculliform

English

Etymology

Latin cucullus (“cowl”) + English -form

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kyo͞okŭʹlĭfôrm, IPA^(key): /kjuːˈkʌlɪfɔːm/

Adjective

cuculliform (comparative more cuculliform, superlative most cuculliform)

1. Cowl- or hood-shaped.

Related terms

• cucullate
• cucullated
• cucullately
• cuculle
• cuculled

Translations

cowl- or hood-shaped

• Finnish: huppumainen

References

• “Cuculliform, a.” listed on page 1,237 of volume II (C) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1893]
    Cuculliform (kiukɒ·lifǭɹm), a. [f. L. cucullus cowl + -form.] Cowl-shaped, hood-shaped. [¶] 1835 Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) I. 300 The cuculliform pitcher of plants.
• “cuculliform, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]