Plural of flocule; multiple small tufts or clumps of wool, hair, or suspended particles.
Regular plural form of 'flocule,' from Latin 'flocculus' (diminutive of 'floccus'), where the plural would originally be 'flocci' in Latin but became anglicized to 'flocules.'
When scientists spot tiny clumps of stuff under a microscope, they're literally looking at flocules—and this word gets used across chemistry, biology, medicine, and materials science!
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