| n. | 1. | (Bot.) A tendril or clasper. |
| 2. | (Zool.) 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. | |
| 3. | (Zool.) The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca. | |
| 4. | (Meteor.) See under Cloud. |
| Noun | 1. | cirrus - usually coiled Synonyms: cirrhus |
| 2. | cirrus - a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles) Synonyms: cirrus cloud | |
| 3. | cirrus - a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile |
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