Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capped; specifically, in botany, having a pileus or cap, as certain fungi. See
Aguricus . - Having the form of a cap or cover for the head. See cut under
Crypturus .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the form of a cap for the head.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top of the head.
- adjective (Zoöl.) a large American woodpecker (
Ceophloeus pileatus ). It is black, with a bright red pointed crest. Called alsologcock , andwoodcock .
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- adjective
pileated
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