Definitions for flocculus

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flocculus floc·cu·lus

Spelling: [flok-yuh-luh s]

IPA: /ˈflɒk yə ləs/

Flocculus is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 111 anagrams from letters in flocculus (ccfllosuu).

Definitions for flocculus

noun

1. floccule.
2. Astronomy. one of the bright or dark patches on the sun's surface, visible in a spectroheliogram.

Origin of flocculus

From New Latin, dating back to 1790-1800; See origin at floccule

Examples for flocculus

When the posterior cox are distinguished by a curling lock of hair (flocculus).

flocculus -i: a hairy or bristly appendage on the posterior coxa of some Hymenoptera.