floccus

Noun

Meaning

The tuft of hair terminating the tail of mammals.

A tuft of feathers on the head of young birds.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bagatelle coat fleece hair cluster wool beard plume blunder fluffy tuft downy feathery frivolity frizzy
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Derivatives

flocci

Examples

It is occasionally seen with cirrocumulus and altocumulus of the species stratiformis, castellanus, and floccus, and with stratocumulus of the species stratiformis and castellanus. Source: Internet

Clouds of the more detached tufted floccus species are also subdivisions of genus-types which may be cirriform or stratocumuliform. Source: Internet

They are not to be confused with cirrocumulus floccus since they are larger than cirrocumulus and mostly are isolated. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

flocculonodular lobe flocculose flocculus Floch flock flock bronzewing