Word of the Day:
flocculent
What It Means
Flocculated, resembling bits of wool; woolly.
Flocculent in Context
“As soon as night begins to spread its darkening shadows over our brief twilight, this active creature [the morepork] sets out on its hunting excursions, roaming over field and gully with soft, noiseless flight, one of the advantages it owes to its flocculent plumage; [...]”
Did You Know?
From Latin floccus (“flock of wool”).
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