Noun
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 dictionaryIt 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