What is "cucullus"

Cucullus \Cu*cul"lus\, n.; pl. Cuculli. [L., a hood.]

1. (Bot.) A hood-shaped organ, resembling a cowl or monk's hood, as certain concave and arched sepals or petals.

2. (Zo["o]l.) A color marking or structure on the head somewhat resembling a hood.

n. 1 (cx botany English) A hood-shaped organ, resembling a cowl or monk's hood, as of certain concave and arched sepals or petals. 2 (cx zoology English) A colour marking or structure on the head somewhat resembling a hood.

Cucullus may refer to:

• a Latin word referring to a hood of a garment, as in cucullus non facit monachum (The hood does not make the monk)
• a substructure of the valva, a structure in male insects that is used to hold the female during copulation
• a hood over the head of Ricinulei arachnids
• a synonym for Conus, the cone snails, a genus of predatory sea snails