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Look up: CIRRUS

  1. Cirrus
    singular of cirri (see above)
    Found on http://www.austmus.gov.au/fishes/fishfac

  2. Cirrus
    filament-lie projections that are sometimes present on the head, fins, nape, nostril, lateral line, etc. of some species.
    Found on http://www.coralrealm.com/viewpage.asp?p

  3. Cirrus
    A gelatinous mass of extruded spores. Penis or copulatory organ of a flatworm.
    Found on http://www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glos

  4. cirrus
    [n] - usually coiled 2. [n] - a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles) 3. [n] - a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. cirrus
    detached clouds in the form of white, delicate filaments or white or mostly white patches or narrow bands. These clouds have a fibrous (hair-like) appearance, or a silky sheen, or both. Category: The cosmos
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Cirrus
    Cir'rus noun ; plural Cirri . [ Latin , lock, curl, ringlet.] [ Also written cirrhus .] 1. (Botany) A tendril or clasper. 2. (Zoology) (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 c ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/83

  7. cirrus
    A structure formed from a cluster or tuft of fused cilia, constituting one of the sensory or locomotor organs of certain ciliate protozoa. ... Origin: L. A curl ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. cirrus
    noun a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. cirrus
    cirrus cloud noun a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. cirrus
    cirrhus noun usually coiled
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. Cirrus
    `Cirrus` can refer to: *Cirrus cloud, a type of cloud *In biology, a bundle of cilia fused together into a large mobile projection *Chrysler Cirrus, a car produced by DaimlerChrysler *Cirrus (building), a high-rise apartment building in Helsinki, Finland *Cirrus Vodka, an award-winning ultra-premium potato vodka, made in Virginia, USA *Cirrus (rocket), a German rocket *Cirrus (interbank network), an interbank network (ATM network) by MasterCard ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrus

  12. Cirrus
    • (n.) A tendril or clasper. • (n.) See under Cloud. • (n.) The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca. • (n.) The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See Annelida, and Polychaeta. • (n.) A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Th...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. cirrus
    (from the article `ciliate`) ...(cell mouth) of some species to form membranelles or undulating membranes (various sheetlike or fan-shaped groupings of cilia); elsewhere on the ... ...even they have evolved considerable variation on the cilia-covered cell. In some species (e.g., the hypotrich Euplotes) the cilia are combined to ... [...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/87

  14. cirrus
    (from the article `barnacle`) ...and are cemented, head down, to rocks, pilings, ships` hulls, driftwood, or seaweed, or to the bodies of larger sea creatures, from clams to ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/87

  15. cirrus
    (from the article `cloud`) ...The eight main cloud families are divided into three groups on the basis of altitude. High clouds, which are found at mean heights above the ... a. Cirrus[2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/87

  16. cirrus
    cirrus (s), cirri (pl) 1. A thin wispy cloud, occurring as narrow bands of tiny ice particles, that forms at the highest and coldest point of the cloud region. 2. A slender tentacle with sensory or locomotive function, or a part resembling one. 3. A filament or slender appendage serving as a foot, tentacle, barbel, etc. 4. The male copula...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  17. cirrus
    A structure formed from a cluster or tuft of fused cilia, constituting one of the sensory or locomotor organs of certain ciliate protozoa. [L. a curl]
    Found on

  18. cirrus
    1. usually coiled
    2. a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)
    3. a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile

    Found on

  19. CIRRUS
    One of the three basic cloud forms (the others are cumulus and stratus). It is also one of the three high cloud types. Cirrus are thin, wispy clouds composed of ice crystals and often appear as veil patches or strands. In the mid-latitudes, cloud bases are usually found between 20,000 to 30,000 feet, and it is the highest cloud that forms in the sk...
    Found on http://www.weather.com/glossary/c.html

  20. Cirrus
    A principal cloud type present at high altitudes, generally above 7000 metres, and composed of ice crystals. Cirrus comes from the Latin term for 'curl or wisp of hair.'
    Found on http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/ge


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