• (n.) The tuft of hair terminating the tail of mammals. • (n.) A tuft of feathers on the head of young birds. • (n.) A woolly filament sometimes occuring with the sporules of certain fungi.
Floc'cus noun ; plural Flocci . [ Latin , a flock of wool.] 1. (Zoology) (a) The tuft of hair terminating the tail of mammals. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of young birds. 2. (Botany) A woolly filament sometimes occuring with th...
floccus A tuft or flock of wool, or something likened thereto, as the tuft of hair at the end of the tail of certain mammals.
Downy covering on young birds.