Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having or resembling a cirrus or cirri.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having cirri or a cirrus; cirriferous or cirrigerous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Having cirri along the margin of a part or organ.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or fringed with cirri

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin cirrātus, curled, from cirrus, curl of hair.]

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Latin cirratus having ringlets, from cirrus a curl.

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Examples

  • * At 1,000 to 3,000 meters (~. 6-1.9 miles): NOAA researchers led by Mike Vecchione of the Smithsonian Institution collected a very large specimen of a rare, primitive animal known as cirrate or finned octopod, commonly called "Dumbos" because they flap a pair of large ear-like fins to swim, akin to the cartoon flying elephant.

    unknown title 2009

  • At 1,000 to 3,000 meters researchers collected a very large specimen of a rare, primitive animal known as cirrate or finned octopod, commonly called "Dumbos" because they flap a pair of large ear-like fins to swim, akin to the cartoon flying elephant.

    MyWire: MyWire Top Stories 2009

  • At 1,000 to 3,000 meters (~. 6-1.9 miles): NOAA researchers led by Mike Vecchione of the Smithsonian Institution collected a very large specimen of a rare, primitive animal known as cirrate or finned octopod, commonly called "Dumbos" because they flap a pair of large ear-like fins to swim, akin to the cartoon flying elephant.

    UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World 2009

  • At 1,000 to 3,000 meters researchers collected a very large specimen of a rare, primitive animal known as cirrate or finned octopod, commonly called "Dumbos" because they flap a pair of large ear-like fins to swim, akin to the cartoon flying elephant.

    Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2009

  • At 1000m to 3000m researchers collected a very large specimen of a rare, primitive animal known as cirrate or finned octopod, commonly called "Dumbos" because they flap a pair of large ear-like fins to swim, akin to the cartoon flying elephant.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2009

  • Among the bizarre creatures encountered by the researchers were a 6ft-long cirrate octopod

    Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

  • Among the bizarre creatures encountered by the researchers were a 6ft-long cirrate octopod

    Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

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