Cirrous
Cir"rous
(?), a. 1. (Bot.) Cirrose.[1913 Webster]
2.
(Zol.) Tufted; -- said of certain feathers of birds.
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Cir"rus
(?), n.;[1913 Webster]
1.
(Bot.) A tendril or clasper.
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2.
(Zol.) (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 Polychta.
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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.
(Zol.) 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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