Like a flock of wool; fleecy; woolly.
Specifically Coalescing and adhering in locks or flocks.
In ornithology, like or pertaining to the floccus. See floccus, 2 . Also floccose.
In entomology, covered, as an insect, or any part of it, with a soft, waxy substance, generally white in color and adhering in irregular flakes or strings, often of considerable length, as in many Homoptera.