Pi"le*us (?), n.; pl. Pilei (#). [L., a felt cap.]
1. Rom. Antiq.
A kind of skull cap of felt.
2. Bot.
The expanded upper portion of many of the fungi. See Mushroom.
3. Zool.
The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.
© Webster 1913.
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