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cirrus 1. Meteorol a thin wispy fibrous cloud at high altitudes, composed of ice particles 2. a plant tendril or similar part 3. Zoology a. a slender tentacle or filament in barnacles and other marine invertebrates b. a hairlike structure in other animals, such as a filament on the appendage of an insect or a barbel of a fish cirrus [′sir·əs] (invertebrate zoology) The conical locomotor structure composed of fused cilia in hypotrich protozoans. Any of the jointed thoracic appendages of barnacles. Any hairlike tuft on insect appendages. The male copulatory organ in some mollusks and trematodes. (vertebrate zoology) Any of the tactile barbels of certain fishes. (zoology) A tendrillike animal appendage. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| But when Bert went down to the gallery the world was empty and still, a clear inky-blue sky above and a rippled veil of still, thin sunlit cirrus below, through which one saw a racing drift of rain-cloud, and never a glimpse of sea. |
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