pileus
Meanings
noun
- The cap of a mushroom.
- The bell of a jellyfish.
- A small thin cloud attached to a cumulus cloud.
- A conical felt hat worn in Ancient Rome and Greece.
- The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pīleus, a form of pilleus (“a felt cap”).
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