hoddy

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hoddy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hoddy \Hod"dy\, n. [Prob. for hooded.] (Zool.)
     See Dun crow, under Dun, a.
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  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.
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           Summer's dun cloud comes thundering up.  -- Pierpont.
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           Chill and dun
           Falls on the moor the brief November day. --Keble.
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     Dun crow (Zool.), the hooded crow; -- so called from its
        color; -- also called hoody, and hoddy.
  
     Dun diver (Zool.), the goosander or merganser.
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