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hood-shy

hood-shy adjective: of a bird of prey: reluctant to wear a hood (as part of its training).

Adjective

hood-shy (comparative more hood-shy, superlative most hood-shy)

  1. Of a bird of prey: reluctant to wear a hood (as part of its training).

Forms of hood-shy

comparativemore hood-shy
superlativemost hood-shy

Questions about hood-shy

What does hood-shy mean?
Hood-shy means of a bird of prey: reluctant to wear a hood (as part of its training).
What part of speech is hood-shy?
Hood-shy is an adjective.

Words near hood-shy in the dictionary

  1. Hood River County
  2. hood suppression system
  3. HOOD syndrome
  4. hood unit
  5. hood units
  6. hood-shy
  7. hood-wink
  8. hood-winked
  9. hood-winking
  10. hood-winks
  11. hoodectomies

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