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Vinony

flocculus

noun

  1. a small quantity of loosely-aggregated matter resembling a flock of wool, held in suspension in, or precipitated from, a fluid
  2. a bright or dark patch on the sun
  3. either of two small lobes on the lower posterior border of the cerebellum
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin flocculus, from floccus.

  1. A small fluffy tuft.
  2. Either of two small lobes on the posterior border of the cerebellum.
  3. A marking on the surface of the sun associated with a solar prominence.