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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cir•ri (sir′ī),USA pronunciation n. [Bot., Zool.]- Zoology, Botanya pl. of cirrus.
cirri-, - Meteorologyvar. of cirro-.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cir•rus /ˈsɪrəs/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Meteorologya high-altitude cloud having thin white threads or narrow bands.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cir•rus (sir′əs),USA pronunciation n., pl. cir•rus for 1, cir•ri (sir′ī)USA pronunciation for 2, 3.- Meteorology
- a cloud of a class characterized by thin white filaments or narrow bands and a composition of ice crystals: of high altitude, ab. 20,000–40,000 ft. (6000–12,000 m).
- a cirriform cloud.
- [Bot.]a tendril.
- Zoology
- a filament or slender appendage serving as a foot, tentacle, barbel, etc.
- the male copulatory organ of flatworms and various other invertebrates.
- Latin: a curl, tuft, plant filament like a tuft of hair
- 1700–10
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cirrus /ˈsɪrəs/ n ( pl -ri / -raɪ/)- a thin wispy fibrous cloud at high altitudes, composed of ice particles
- a plant tendril or similar part
- a slender tentacle or filament in barnacles and other marine invertebrates
- a hairlike structure in other animals, such as a filament on the appendage of an insect or a barbel of a fish
Etymology: 18th Century: from Latin: curl, tuft, fringe |