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Definitions for Cirrus

[1] 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.
[2] Botany . a tendril.
[3] Zoology . a filament or slender appendage serving as a foot, tentacle, barbel, etc. the male copulatory organ of flatworms and various other invertebrates.
[4] meteorol a thin wispy fibrous cloud at high altitudes, composed of ice particles
[5] a plant tendril or similar part
[6] 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 Cirrus

clasp, coil, curl, ringlet

Words nearby Cirrus

cirripede, cirro-, cirrocumulus, cirrose, cirrostratus, cirrus, cirrus clouds, cirsectomy, cirsoid, cirsoid aneurysm, ciré

Origin of Cirrus

1700–10; < Latin: a curl, tuft, plant filament like a tuft of hair

Word origin for Cirrus

C18: from Latin: curl, tuft, fringe

Synonyms for Cirrus

clasp, coil, curl, ringlet