Pileus

2 definitions found

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

  Pileus \Pi"le*us\, n.; pl. {Pilei}. [L., a felt cap.]
     1. (Rom. Antiq.) A kind of skull cap of felt.
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     2. (Bot.) The expanded upper portion of many of the fungi.
        See {Mushroom}.


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     3. (Zool.) The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to
        the nape.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pileus
       n : a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella that forms the
           top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom [syn: {cap}]
       [also: {pilei} (pl)]