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cirrus

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: cirrus

1
 n
a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)
2
 n
a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: cirrus
1

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

Synonyms:
cirrus cloud
Types:
mare's tail
a long narrow flowing cirrus cloud
Type of:
cloud
a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude
2

n a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile

Type of:
appendage, outgrowth, process
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

n usually coiled

Synonyms:
cirrhus
Type of:
tendril
slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support
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