cirrhus

American  

[sir-uhs] / ˈsɪr əs /

noun

Mycology.

plural

cirrhi

1. a mucus-bound ribbonlike mass of spores that is exuded from a fungus.

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Etymology

Origin of cirrhus

< New Latin, a pseudo-Greek form of Latin cirrus cirrus

Example Sentences

The brigade was now upon the Front Royal and Winchester pike, moving in the foot and wheel prints of the advance, and under and through an extended cirrhus cloud of dirty saffron.

From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary

Gasping for a breath of cooler air, we watched the sun go down, but there was no sign of wind, no promise of movement in the faint, vapoury cirrhus that attended his setting.

From The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea by Bone, David W.

The gold on Skiddaw was passing into rose; and over the greenish blue of the lower sky, webs of crimson cirrhus spun themselves.

From The Mating of Lydia by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

White cirrhus clouds now darted out here and there ahead, like fluttering standards of warning.

From A Republic Without a President and Other Stories by Ward, Herbert D. (Herbert Dickinson)

Ark is also the name of a mare's-tail cloud, or cirrhus, when it forms a streak across the sky.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir