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cirri

1

[ sir-ahy ]

noun

, Botany, Zoology.
  1. a plural of cirrus.


cirri-

2
  1. variant of cirro-.

cirri

/ ˈsɪraɪ /

noun

  1. the plural of cirrus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

For example, some glue bundles of their cilia into structures called cirri and can use them as legs, mouths, paddles or teeth.

But if the procession of the cirri has some continuity and broadens to the western horizon it is a sign about eight times in ten that a cyclone is approaching.

When protruded from the opening of the shell these “cirri” are spread out to form a casting-net for the capture of minute floating prey.

The cirri disappeared by degrees, and the cumuli towered up on the horizon in colossal masses.

Margarita, five to seven pairs of epipodial cirri with a pigment spot at base of each.

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