Cirrus
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cir·rus 
[sir-uhs] Pronunciation Key
[sir-uhs] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural cir·rus for 1, cir·ri
[sir-ahy] Pronunciation Key for 2, 3.
[sir-ahy] Pronunciation Key for 2, 3. | 1. | Meteorology.
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| 2. | Botany. a tendril. |
| 3. | Zoology.
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[Origin: 1700–10; < L: a curl, tuft, plant filament like a tuft of hair]
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| cir·rus
(sîr'əs) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. cir·ri (sîr'ī')
[Latin, curl of hair.] |
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cirrus
cirrus
1803, of clouds, from L. cirrus "a lock, curl, tendril." So called from fancied resemblance of shape.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| cirrus | |
noun | |
| 1. | usually coiled |
| 2. | a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles) |
| 3. | a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile |
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| cirrus
(sîr'əs) Pronunciation Key
Plural cirri (sîr'ī') A high-altitude cloud composed of feathery white patches or bands of ice crystals. Cirrus clouds generally form between 6,100 and 12,200 m (20,000 and 40,000 ft). See illustration at cloud. |
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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: cir·rus
Pronunciation: 'sir-&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural cir·ri /'si(&)r-"I/
: aslender usually flexible animal appendage: as a : a fused group of cilia functioning like a limb on some protozoans b : the male copulatory organ of some worms
Main Entry: cir·rus
Pronunciation: 'sir-&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural cir·ri /'si(&)r-"I/
: aslender usually flexible animal appendage: as a : a fused group of cilia functioning like a limb on some protozoans b : the male copulatory organ of some worms
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Cirrus
Cat's"-tail\, n. See Timothy, Cat-tail, Cirrus.
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cirrus
cirrus: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary
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