Definition of Flocci. Meaning of Flocci. Synonyms of Flocci

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Definition of Flocci

Flocci
Floccus Floc"cus, n.; pl. Flocci. [L., a flock of wool.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The tuft of hair terminating the tail of mammals. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of young birds. 2. (Bot.) A woolly filament sometimes occuring with the sporules of certain fungi.

Meaning of Flocci from wikipedia

- nigram, **** laciniis item nigris, gestare poterunt, **** pileo chordula ac floccis nigris ornato" (Inter multiplices curas, 67). Noonan 1996. Baumgarten,...
- Observationes in ordines plantarum naturales; he wrote, "Penicillium. Thallus e floccis caespitosis septatis simplicibus aut ramosis fertilibus erectis apice penicillatis"...
- ****ociated with agarics and boletes. flexuous Wavy. From Latin flexus, bend. flocci Cotton-like groups or tufts. floccose Fluffy or cottony; byssoid. Common...
- often slightly spotted, smooth and with small fugacious viscid concolorous flocci. The color varies from dirty brownish or brownish-rust to ocher or grayish...
- larger than most of its congeners. They possess very small pollen baskets or flocci on their hind legs and the long, pale scopae are dark on distally and curly...