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Of a bird of prey: reluctant to wear a hood (as part of its training)..
Use hood-shy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hood-shy means Of a bird of prey: reluctant to wear a hood (as part of its training)..
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Use hood-shy where its definition matches the intended context.
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