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Cirrus

Cirrus Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cirrus? [n] a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile [n] a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles) [n] usually coiled Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cirrus: cirrhus \| cirrus cloud Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cirrus: alto-cumulus \| alto-stratus \| animal fiber \| anvil cloud \| artificial fiber \| banner cloud \| billowy cloud \| cap cloud \| capillament \| cilium \| cirro-cumulus \| cirro-fillum \| cirro-nebula \| cirro-stratus \| cirro-velum \| cirrus cloud \| cirrus haze \| cirrus stripe \| cloud \| cloud band \| cloud bank \| cloud drift \| cloud mass \| cloud street \| Cloudcuckooland \| cloudland \| cloudling \| cloudscape \| cobweb \| cocktail \| coil \| corkscrew \| cottony cloud \| cumulo-cirro-stratus \| cumulo-cirrus \| cumulo-nimbus \| cumulo-stratus \| cumulus \| cumulus cloud \| curl \| curl cloud \| curlicue \| denier \| evolute \| fiber \| fibrilla \| filament \| filamentule \| flagellum \| fleecy cloud \| fractocumulus \| gossamer \| gyre \| hair \| hank \| helix \| high fog \| involute \| kink \| mackerel sky \| mammatocumulus \| mushroom cloud \| nimbus \| nimbus cloud \| rain cloud \| ringlet \| roll \| screw \| scroll \| scud \| skein \| snail cloud \| spiral \| squall cloud \| storm cloud \| strand \| strato-cumulus \| stratus \| stratus cloud \| suture \| swirl \| tendril \| thread \| threadlet \| thundercloud \| thunderhead \| twirl \| twist \| volute \| volution \| vortex \| water carrier \| web \| whirl \| whorl \| woolpack See Also \| appendage \| cloud \| mare's tail \| outgrowth \| process \| tendril Cirrus In Webster's Dictionary \Cir"rus\, n.; pl. {Cirri}. [L., lock, curl, ringlet.] [Also written {cirrhus}.] 1. (Bot.) A tendril or clasper. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri. (b) The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See {Annelida}, and {Polych[ae]ta}. Note: In some of the inferior animals the cirri aid in locomotion; in others they are used in feeding; in the Annelida they are mostly organs of touch. Some cirri are branchial in function. 3. (Zo["o]l.) The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca. 4. (Meteor.) See under {Cloud}.

Cirrus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cirrus?

[n] a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile
[n] a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)
[n] usually coiled

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cirrus: cirrhus | cirrus cloud

Cirrus In Webster's Dictionary

\Cir"rus\, n.; pl. {Cirri}. [L., lock, curl, ringlet.]
[Also written {cirrhus}.]
1. (Bot.) A tendril or clasper.

2. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many
       Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near
       the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of
       the last segment are caudal cirri.
   (b) The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See
       {Annelida}, and {Polych[ae]ta}.

Note: In some of the inferior animals the cirri aid in
      locomotion; in others they are used in feeding; in the
      Annelida they are mostly organs of touch. Some cirri
      are branchial in function.

3. (Zo["o]l.) The external male organ of trematodes and some
   other worms, and of certain Mollusca.

4. (Meteor.) See under {Cloud}.

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