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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pi·le·us /ˈpaɪliəs/
 傘狀帽,菌蓋

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 pi·le·us /ˈpaɪlɪəs/ 名詞
 菌蓋

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pi·le·us n.; pl. Pilei
 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 pileus
      n : a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella that forms the
          top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom [syn: cap]
      [also: pilei (pl)]