Floccus

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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