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flocculus

floc·cu·lus [ flókyələss ] (plural floc·cu·li [ flókyə l ])


noun 
Definition:
 
dark or bright patch on sun: a mass of gas that appears as either a dark or a bright spot on the surface of the Sun, often near to a sunspot

[Late 18th century. < modern Latin, "small tuft of wool" < Latin floccus "tuft of wool"]
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