cirrhus

3 definitions found

cirrhus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cirrhus \Cir"rhus\, n.
     Same as Cirrus.
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  Cirrus \Cir"rus\, n.; pl. Cirri. [L., lock, curl, ringlet.]
     [Also written cirrhus.]
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     1. (Bot.) A tendril or clasper.
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     2. (Zool.)
        (a) 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.
        (b) The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See
            Annelida, and Polych[ae]ta.
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     Note: In some of the inferior animals the cirri aid in
           locomotion; in others they are used in feeding; in the
           Annelida they are mostly organs of touch. Some cirri
           are branchial in function.
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     3. (Zool.) The external male organ of trematodes and some
        other worms, and of certain Mollusca.
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     4. (Meteor.) See under Cloud.
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cirrhus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cirrhus
      n 1: usually coiled [syn: cirrus, cirrhus]