Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Pileus

Pileus , noun

[Latin, a felt cap.]

1.
(Rom. Antiquities) A kind of skull cap of felt.
2.
(Botany) The expanded upper portion of many of the fungi. See Mushroom.
3.
(Zoology) The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.