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cirri

1

[ sir-ahy ]

noun

Botany, Zoology.
  1. a plural of cirrus.


cirri-

2
  1. variant of cirro-.

cirri

/ ˈɪɪ /

noun

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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