flocculus

== 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. ==== Derived terms ==== paraflocculus ==== Related terms ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From floccus (“tuft”) + -ulus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɫɔk.kʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈflɔk.ku.lus] === Noun === flocculus m (genitive flocculī); second declension diminutive of floccus: a small tuft ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== floccōsus floccus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “flocculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*floccellus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 624