flocks

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
flock1

▶noun

• 1 a number of birds moving or resting together.

  ■ a number of domestic animals, especially sheep, goats, or geese, that are kept together.

• 2 (a flock/flocks) a large number or crowd.

• 3 a Christian congregation under the charge of a particular minister.

▶verb

• 1 congregate in a flock.

• 2 move or go together in a crowd.

– origin OE flocc (in the sense ‘a band or body of people’), of unknown origin.

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flock2

▶noun

• 1 a soft material for stuffing cushions and quilts, made of wool refuse or torn-up cloth.

  ■ powdered wool or cloth, used in making flock wallpaper.

• 2 a lock or tuft of wool or cotton.

– derivatives
flocky adjective.

– origin ME: from OFr. floc, from L. floccus (see floccus).