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cirrus (noun)

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  • cirrus — ► NOUN (pl. cirri) 1) cloud forming wispy streaks at high altitude. 2) Zoology & Botany a slender tendril or hair like filament. ORIGIN Latin, a curl …   English terms dictionary

  • cirrus — noun Cirrus is used before these nouns: ↑cloud …   Collocations dictionary

  • cirrus cloud — noun a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles) • Syn: ↑cirrus • Hypernyms: ↑cloud • Hyponyms: ↑mare s tail …   Useful english dictionary

  • cirrus — noun (plural cirri) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, curl Date: 1708 1. tendril 2. a slender usually flexible animal appendage or projection: as a. an arm of a barnacle b. a …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • cirrus — noun /ˈsɪɹəs/ a) A tendril. b) A thin tendril like appendage …   Wiktionary

  • cirrus — noun (U) a form of cloud that is light and shaped like feathers, high in the sky compare cumulus, nimbus (1) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • cirrus — UK [ˈsɪrəs] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms cirrus : singular cirrus plural cirri UK [ˈsɪraɪ] / US science a type of thin cloud found very high in the sky …   English dictionary

  • cirrus — cir|rus [ sırəs ] noun uncount TECHNICAL a type of thin cloud found very high in the sky …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • cirrus — [ sɪrəs] noun (plural cirri rʌɪ) 1》 cloud forming wispy streaks at high altitude. 2》 Zoology a slender tendril or hair like filament, e.g. the barbel of a fish.     ↘Botany a tendril. Origin C18: from L., lit. a curl …   English new terms dictionary

  • cirrus — /ˈsɪrəs / (say siruhs) noun (plural cirri /ˈsɪri / (say siree)) 1. Botany a tendril. 2. Zoology a filament or slender appendage serving as a barbel, tentacle, foot, arm, etc. 3. Meteorology a variety of cloud having a thin, fleecy or filamentous… …  

  • false cirrus — noun : a cirrus cloud of appreciable thickness originating from a cumulonimbus cloud called also thunderstorm cirrus …   Useful english dictionary

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