Cirrus

['sɪrəs]

Definition

(noun.) a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile.

(noun.) a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles).

(noun.) usually coiled.

Inputed by Carlo--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A tendril or clasper.

(n.) A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri.

(n.) The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See Annelida, and Polychaeta.

(n.) The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca.

(n.) See under Cloud.

Inputed by Bess

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [pl. Cirri.] [1]. (Bot.) Tendril, filament.[2]. (Zoöl.) Filamentary appendage.[3]. (Meteor.) Curl cloud, cat's tail, mare's tail.

Editor: Ned

Definition

n. the highest form of clouds consisting of curling fibres: (bot.) a tendril: (zool.) any curled filament:—pl. Cirri (sir′ī).—adjs. Cirr′ate Cirr′iform like a cirrus; Cirr′igrade moving by cirri.—n. Cirr′o-cū′mulus a fleecy cloud intermediate between the cirrus and cumulus.—adj. Cirr′ose with tendrils.—n. Cirr′o-strā′tus a mottled-looking cloud intermediate between the cirrus and stratus.—adj. Cirr′ous having a cirrus.

Editor: Maynard