flocculi

Variant of flocculus

noun pl. flocculi

  1. a small, woolly or hairy tuft or mass
  2. Anat. a small lobe on the underside of each half of the cerebellum
  3. Astron. plage

Origin: ModL, dim. < L floccus, flock of wool: see floccus

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