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Definitions for Cirri

[1] a plural of cirrus.
[2] Meteorology . a cloud of a class characterized by thin white filaments or narrow bands and a composition of ice crystals: of high altitude, about 20,000–40,000 feet (6000–12,000 meters). a cirriform cloud.
[3] Botany . a tendril.
[4] Zoology . a filament or slender appendage serving as a foot, tentacle, barbel, etc. the male copulatory organ of flatworms and various other invertebrates.
[5] variant of cirro-.
[6] the plural of cirrus
[7] meteorol a thin wispy fibrous cloud at high altitudes, composed of ice particles
[8] a plant tendril or similar part
[9] zoology 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

Words related to Cirri

clasp, coil, curl, ringlet

Words nearby Cirri

cirque, cirrate, cirrhogenous, cirrhosis, cirrhus, cirri, cirri-, cirriform, cirriped, cirripede, cirro-

Origin of Cirri

us1700–10; < Latin: a curl, tuft, plant filament like a tuft of hair

Word origin for Cirri

usC18: from Latin: curl, tuft, fringe

Synonyms for Cirri

clasp, coil, curl, ringlet