flocculus
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin flocculus, from floccus.
Noun
flocculus (plural flocculi)
- A small fluffy tuft.
- (anatomy) Either of two small lobes on the posterior border of the cerebellum.
- (astronomy) A marking on the surface of the sun associated with a solar prominence.