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floccus [ˈflɒkəs]

n pl flocci [ˈflɒksaɪ]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a downy or woolly covering, as on the young of certain birds

2. a small woolly tuft of hair

adj

(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (of a cloud) having the appearance of woolly tufts at odd intervals in its structure

[from Latin: tuft of hair or wool, flock²]

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