Words Like CIRRUS
We have put together a list of words that are similar to CIRRUS.
5 Alternative Words Similar to cirrus
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Cirrhus
Noun Synonym
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Tendril
Noun Synonym
10 definitions of cirrus
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In botany, a tendril; a long thread-like organ by which certain plants climb.
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In zoology: In Cirripedia, one of the curved multiarticulate filaments alternately protruded and retracted with a sweeping motion from the shell or carapace of a cirriped, as an acorn-shell (Balanus) or barnacle (Lepas).
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In Crinoidea, one of the branched filaments given off from the joints of the stem. See cut under Crinoidea.
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In conchology, one of the cirrose branchiæ of the Cirribranchiata or tooth-shells.
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In ichthyology: One of the cirrose filaments surrounding the mouth of a lancelet. A barbel in sundry fishes.
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In ornithology, a tuft of curly plumes on the head.
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In Vermes, the protrusible cirrose terminal portion of the vas deferens of a trematoid or cestoid worm; a kind of penis.
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One of the filamentous appendages of the parapodia in chætopodous annelids, which may be larger than the parapodia, or even replace them when atrophied.
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In entomology, a tuft of curled hairs such as are often seen on the legs and antennæ of insects.
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Some other cirrose part or organ, as the long flattened modification of ordinary cilia upon the peristomial region of many ciliate Infusoria.