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- Cirrus - n. - A tendril or clasper.
- Cirrus - n. - 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 cirri.
- Cirrus - n. - The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See Annelida, and Polychaeta.
- Cirrus - n. - The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca.
- Cirrus - n. - See under Cloud.
- Mare's-tail - n. - A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud. See Cloud.
- Cirriform - a. - Formed like a cirrus or tendril; -- said of appendages of both animals and plants.