Defn: One of a group of stalked rotifers, having ciliated tentacles around the lobed disk.
FLOSCULE Flos*cule, n. Etym: [L. flosculus, dim. of flos flower: cf. F. floscule.] (Bot.)
Defn: A floret.
FLOSCULOUS
Flos"cu*lous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Consisting of many gamopetalous florets.
FLOS-FERRI
Flos`-fer"ri, n.Etym: [L., flower of iron.] (Min.)
Defn: A variety of aragonite, occuring in delicate white coralloidal forms; — common in beds of iron ore.
FLOSH
Flosh, n. Etym: [Cf. G. flösse a trough in which tin ore is washed.]
(Metallurgy)
Defn: A hopper-shaped box or Knight.
FLOSS Floss (; 195), n. Etym: [It. floscio flabby, soft, fr. L. fluxus flowing, loose, slack. See Flux, n.]