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Merriam Webster's

noun (plural flocculi) Etymology: Late Latin, diminutive of Latin floccus tuft of wool Date: 1799 1. a small loosely aggregated mass 2. a bright or dark patch on the sun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. flocculi) 1 a floccule. 2 Anat. a small ovoid lobe in the under-surface of the cerebellum. 3 Astron. a small cloudy wisp on the sun's surface. Etymology: mod.L, dimin. of FLOCCUS

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Flocculus Floc"cu*lus, n.; pl. Flocculi. [NL., dim. of L. floccus a lock or flock of wool.] (Anat.) A small lobe in the under surface of the cerebellum, near the middle peduncle; the subpeduncular lobe.