Definitions | cirrus |
| noun (cirri)
- (botany) A tendril.
- (zoology) A thin tendril-like appendage.
- (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.
Translations: - Italian: cirro
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Etymology: From Latin, cirrus "curl".
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