Floccus

·noun A tuft of feathers on the head of young birds.

II. Floccus ·noun The tuft of hair terminating the tail of mammals.

III. Floccus ·noun A woolly filament sometimes occuring with the sporules of certain fungi.

floccus
floccus, i, m., a lock or flock (of wool, on clothes, in fruits, etc.). I Lit.: ne qui flocci inte...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
floccus
(floccus) ī, m FLA-, a lock, flock : illum flocci facere, to value a hair, regard as worthless , ...

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