'Cystophora cristata' definitions:

Definition of 'Cystophora cristata'

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noun
Medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters [syn: hooded seal, bladdernose, Cystophora cristata]

Definition of 'Cystophora cristata'

From: GCIDE
  • Hooded \Hood"ed\, a.
  • 1. Covered with a hood. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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}). [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cystophora cristata'

From: GCIDE

Definition of 'Cystophora cristata'

From: GCIDE
  • bladdernose \blad"der*nose\ n. a medium-sized blackish-gray seal (Cystophora cristata) with a large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic-Atlantic waters.
  • Syn: hooded seal. [WordNet 1.5]