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Meaning of FLOCCUS

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
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