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ALL meanings of cirrus

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  • variable noun cirrus Cirrus is a type of thin white cloud that forms at high altitudes. 3
  • noun cirrus a thin wispy fibrous cloud at high altitudes, composed of ice particles 3
  • noun cirrus a plant tendril or similar part 3
  • noun cirrus a slender tentacle or filament in barnacles and other marine invertebrates 3
  • noun cirrus a hairlike structure in other animals, such as a filament on the appendage of an insect or a barbel of a fish 3
  • noun cirrus a plant tendril 3
  • noun cirrus a flexible, threadlike tentacle or appendage, as the feelers of certain organisms 3
  • noun cirrus a cone-shaped cluster of fused cilia, occurring in many species of infusorians 3
  • noun cirrus the type of white cloud that resembles a wispy filament, found at high altitudes and consisting of ice crystals 3
  • noun plural cirrus Meteorology. a cloud of a class characterized by thin white filaments or narrow bands and a composition of ice crystals: of high altitude, about 20,000–40,000 feet (6000–12,000 meters). a cirriform cloud. 1
  • noun plural cirrus Botany. a tendril. 1
  • noun plural cirrus Zoology. a filament or slender appendage serving as a foot, tentacle, barbel, etc. the male copulatory organ of flatworms and various other invertebrates. 1
  • noun cirrus high wispy cloud 1
  • noun cirrus Cloud forming wispy filamentous tufted streaks (“ mare’s tails ”) at high altitude, usually 16,500–45,000 feet (5-13 km). 1
  • noun cirrus (botany) A tendril. 0
  • noun cirrus (zoology) A thin tendril-like appendage. 0
  • noun cirrus (meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type characterised by white, delicate filaments or wisps, of white (or mostly white) patches, or of narrow bands, found at an altitude of above 7000 metres. 0
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