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cir⋅rate

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

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