The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cirri \Cir"ri\, n. pl.
See Cirrus.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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