Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being woolly or flocculent; adhesion in small flocks or tufts; the condition of containing flocculi.
- noun In entomology, a soft, white, waxy substance exuded from various parts of the body, but primarily from the abdomen. It is found most commonly in the Homoptera.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being flocculent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The condition of being
flocculent
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Examples
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This paragraph is remarkable for its own flocculence.
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And, unlike the fortunate werewolf who must endure this flocculence on a monthly basis, I am cursed with it every day of my life.
saru-san Diary Entry saru-san 2004
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His short hair and beard still clung to his head like curled moss or the crisp flocculence of Astrakhan.
The Three Partners Bret Harte 1869
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If, through any cause, the air above be chilled, we have descending streams -- if the air below be warmed, we have ascending streams as the initial cause of atmospheric flocculence.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 John Tyndall 1856
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