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cirrus
(sɪrəs)
Word forms: cirri (sɪraɪ)
variable noun
Cirrus is a type of thin white cloud that forms at high altitudes.
[technical] cirrus in British English
(ˈsɪrəs)
nounWord forms: plural -ri (-raɪ)
1. meteorology
a thin wispy fibrous cloud at high altitudes, composed of ice particles
2.
a plant tendril or similar part
3. zoology
a.
a slender tentacle or filament in barnacles and other marine invertebrates
b.
a hairlike structure in other animals, such as a filament on the appendage of an insect or a barbel of a fish
Word origin
C18: from Latin: curl, tuft, fringecirrus in American English
(ˈsɪrəs)
noun
1. Word forms: plural ˈcirˌri (ˈsɪrˌaɪ) Biology
a.
a plant tendril
b.
a flexible, threadlike tentacle or appendage, as the feelers of certain organisms
c.
a cone-shaped cluster of fused cilia, occurring in many species of infusorians
2. Word forms: plural ˈcirrus Meteorology
the type of white cloud that resembles a wispy filament, found at high altitudesand consisting of ice crystals
Word origin
L, a lock, curl, tendrilImage ofcirrus
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