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flocculus
 
SYLLABICATION:floc·cu·lus
PRONUNCIATION:  flky-ls
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. floc·cu·li (-l)
1. A small fluffy mass or tuft. 2. Anatomy Either of two small lobes on the lower posterior border of the cerebellum. 3. Astronomy Any of various cloudlike masses of gases appearing as bright or dark patches on the surface of the sun.
ETYMOLOGY:New Latin, diminutive of Latin floccus, tuft of wool.
 
 
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