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CIRRATE
Etymology
Adjective
cirrate (comparative more cirrate, superlative most cirrate)
Of, pertaining to, or fringed with cirri.
Anagrams
• Cartier, erratic, rice rat
Source: Wiktionary
Cir"rate, a. Etym: [L. cirratus having ringlets, fr. cirrus a curl.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Having cirri along the margin of a part or organ.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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