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CIRRUS
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Irregular inflected form: cirri
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cirrus" is a kind of...):
appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)
Synonyms:
cirrus; cirrus cloud
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("cirrus" is a kind of...):
cloud (a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cirrus"):
mare's tail (a long narrow flowing cirrus cloud)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Usually coiled
Synonyms:
cirrhus; cirrus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cirrus" is a kind of...):
tendril (slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support)
