'Dun crow' definitions:

Definition of 'Dun crow'

From: GCIDE
  • Dun \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. [1913 Webster]
  • Summer's dun cloud comes thundering up. -- Pierpont. [1913 Webster]
  • Chill and dun Falls on the moor the brief November day. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
  • Dun crow (Zool.), the hooded crow; -- so called from its color; -- also called hoody, and hoddy.
  • Dun diver (Zool.), the goosander or merganser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'dun crow'

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]