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cirrus [ˈsɪrəs] n pl -ri [-raɪ] 1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Meteorol a thin wispy fibrous cloud at high altitudes, composed of ice particles 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a plant tendril or similar part 3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Zoology a. a slender tentacle or filament in barnacles and other marine invertebrates b. a hairlike structure in other animals, such as a filament on the appendage of an insect or a barbel of a fish [from Latin: curl, tuft, fringe]
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But when Bert went down to the gallery the world was empty and still, a clear inky-blue sky above and a rippled veil of still, thin sunlit cirrus below, through which one saw a racing drift of rain-cloud, and never a glimpse of sea. |
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