Meaning of FLOCCULENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'flâkyulunt
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[adj] having a fluffy character or appearance |
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FLOCCULENT is a 10 letter word that starts with F. |
| | Synonyms: | | soft, woolly, wooly |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Floc"cu*lent\, a. [See {Flock} of wool.]
1. Clothed with small flocks or flakes; woolly. --Gray.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Applied to the down of newly hatched or
unfledged birds.
\Floc"cu*lent\, a. (Chem.)
Having a structure like shredded wool, as some precipitates.
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| | Related Terms: | | asperous, bristly, bushy, cirrose, flaky, fleecy, furfuraceous, furry, fuzzy, hairy, hirsute, hispid, lanate, lentiginous, lepidote, matted, pilose, pubescent, scabby, scabious, scabrous, scaly, scurfy, shagged, shaggy, squamous, unshorn, woolly |
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