CIRRUSES

Noun

cirruses

plural of cirrus

Anagrams

• cruisers, scurries

Source: Wiktionary


CIRRUS

Cir"rus, n.; pl. Cirri. Etym: [L., lock, curl, ringlet.] [Also written cirrhus.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: A tendril or clasper.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) 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. (b) The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See Annelida, and Polychæta.

Note: In some of the inferior animals the cirri aid in locomotion; in others they are used in feeding; in the Annelida they are mostly organs of touch. Some cirri are branchial in function.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca.

4. (Meteor.)

Definition: See under Cloud.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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