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Floccus
Pronunciation : Floc"cus
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [L., a flock of wool.]
Definition : 1. (Zo?l.) (a) The tuft of hair terminating the tail of mammals. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of young birds.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A woolly filament sometimes occuring with the sporules of certain fungi.
pl. Flocci.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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