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cir⋅rate

[sir-eyt]
–adjective Botany, Zoology.
having cirri.

Origin:
1820–30; < L cirrātus, equiv. to cirr(us) a curl + -ātus -ate 1
cir·rate   (sîr'āt')   
adj.   Biology
Having or resembling a cirrus or cirri.

[Latin cirrātus, curled, from cirrus, curl of hair.]

Cirrate

Cir"rate\, a. [L. cirratus having ringlets, fr. cirrus a curl.] (Zo["o]l.) Having cirri along the margin of a part or organ.
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