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Definition of Pileus

Pileus
Pileus Pi"le*us, n.; pl. Pilei. [L., a felt cap.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A kind of skull cap of felt. 2. (Bot.) The expanded upper portion of many of the fungi. See Mushroom. 3. (Zo["o]l.) The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.

Meaning of Pileus from wikipedia

- described it as a "tall pileus [hat] in the shape of a cone" (pileus altus in speciem coni eductus). An Illyrian wearing a pileus has been hesitantly identified...
- may consist of lamellae, tubes, or teeth, on the underside of the pileus. A pileus is characteristic of agarics, boletes, some polypores, tooth fungi...
- high-yield nuclear detonations. Though the pileus cloud does not tend to grow vertically, sometimes several pileus clouds are observed above each other. The...
- up pileus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pileus may refer to: Pileus (hat), a brimless cap Pileus (mycology), the "cap" of a mushroom Pileus (meteorology)...
- pileus (O. F. Müller, 1776)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-03-15. Neal, Ken (2005). "Sea gooseberry - Pleurobrachia pileus"...
- presence of a pileus (cap) that is clearly differentiated from the stipe (stalk), with lamellae (gills) on the underside of the pileus. It is a type of...
- of the pileus to signify the end of Caesar's dictatorship and a return to the (Roman) republican system. These Roman ****ociations of the pileus with liberty...
- 'belonging to the people', hence 'free'. Libertas was ****ociated with the pileus, a cap commonly worn by freed slaves: Among the Romans the cap of felt was...
- Pleurobrachia globosa Moser Pleurobrachia pigmentata Moser, 1903 Pleurobrachia pileus (Müller, 1776) Pleurobrachia rhododactyla L. Ag****iz, 1860 Pleurobrachia...
- The Jewish hat, also known as the Jewish cap, Judenhut (German) or Latin pileus cornutus ("horned skullcap"), was a cone-shaped pointed hat, often white...