Biology:Cucullus

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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

See also

  • Colpoda cucullus, a ciliate
  • Trochoidea cucullus, a species of air-breathing land snail
  • Cuculus, a bird genus