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Webster 1913 Edition


Cirrus


Cir′rus

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Cirri
(#)
.
[L., lock, curl, ringlet.]
[Also written
cirrhus
.]
1.
(Bot.)
A tendril or clasper.
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
Polychæta
.
☞ 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.
3.
(Zool.)
The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca.
4.
(Meteor.)
See under
Cloud
.

Definition 2024


cirrus

cirrus

English

Noun

cirrus (plural cirri)

  1. (botany) A tendril.
  2. (zoology) A thin tendril-like appendage.
  3. (meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type characterised by white, delicate filaments or wisps, of white (or mostly white) patches, or of narrow bands, found at an altitude of above 7000 metres.
    • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 15:
      The blue sky is glossy and fat with heat, a few thin cirri sheared to blown strands like hair at the rims.

Translations


Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsirːus/
  • Hyphenation: cir‧rus

Noun

cirrus

  1. cirrus (type of cloud)

Declension

Inflection of cirrus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative cirrus cirrukset
genitive cirruksen cirrusten
cirruksien
partitive cirrusta cirruksia
illative cirrukseen cirruksiin
singular plural
nominative cirrus cirrukset
accusative nom. cirrus cirrukset
gen. cirruksen
genitive cirruksen cirrusten
cirruksien
partitive cirrusta cirruksia
inessive cirruksessa cirruksissa
elative cirruksesta cirruksista
illative cirrukseen cirruksiin
adessive cirruksella cirruksilla
ablative cirrukselta cirruksilta
allative cirrukselle cirruksille
essive cirruksena cirruksina
translative cirrukseksi cirruksiksi
instructive cirruksin
abessive cirruksetta cirruksitta
comitative cirruksineen

Synonyms


Latin

Etymology

The origin is Unknown. There are no definitive cognates in other Indo-European languages.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkir.rus/, [ˈkɪr.rʊs]

Noun

cirrus m (genitive cirrī); second declension

  1. a curl
  2. the fringe of clothes
  3. the tentacle of an octopus
  4. the mane, especially the forelock, of a horse

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative cirrus cirrī
genitive cirrī cirrōrum
dative cirrō cirrīs
accusative cirrum cirrōs
ablative cirrō cirrīs
vocative cirre cirrī

References