| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. The tuft of hair terminating the tail of mammals.[Websters]
2. A tuft of feathers on the head of young birds.[Websters] 3. A woolly filament sometimes occuring with the sporules of certain fungi.[Websters]. | |
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Date "FLOCCUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Floccus \Floc"cus\, noun; plural Flocci. [Latin expression, flock of wool.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FLOCCUS
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Geography | A species of cloud in which each cloud unit is a small tuft with a cumuliform appearance, the lower part of which is more or less ragged and often accompanied by virga. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Abbreviations & Acronyms: FLOCCUS
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | ||||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field | |
| FLOCCUS | Greek | τολυπόμορφος | Geography | |
| flo | French | Floccus | Geography | |
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