egret vs hood

egret

noun
  • A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament. 

  • Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season. 

  • The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, such as the down of the thistle. 

hood

noun
  • A covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak. 

  • Person wearing a hoodie. 

  • A distinctively coloured fold of material, representing a university degree. 

  • One of the endmost planks (or, one of the ends of the planks) in a ship’s bottom at bow or stern, that fits into the rabbet. (These, when fit into the rabbet, resemble a hood (covering).) 

  • In the human hand, over the extensor digitorum, an expansion of the extensor tendon over the metacarpophalangeal joint (the extensor hood syn. dorsal hood syn. lateral hood) 

  • A cover over the engine, driving machinery or inner workings of something. 

  • An enclosure that protects something, especially from above. 

  • A metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes. 

  • The hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle, known as a bonnet in other countries. 

  • An expansion on the sides of the neck typical for many elapids e.g. the Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) and Indian cobra (Naja naja). 

  • Gangster, thug. 

  • A soft top of a convertible car or carriage. 

  • The osseous or cartilaginous marginal extension behind the back of many a dinosaur such as a ceratopsid and reptiles such as Chlamydosaurus kingii. 

  • Neighborhood. 

verb
  • To cover something with a hood. 

adj
  • Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods. 

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