Floc"cus (?), n.; pl. Flocci (#). [L., a flock of wool.]

1. Zool. (a)

The tuft of hair terminating the tail of mammals

. (b)

A tuft of feathers on the head of young birds.

2. Bot.

A woolly filament sometimes occuring with the sporules of certain fungi.

 

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