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
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Examples
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* 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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Among the bizarre creatures encountered by the researchers were a 6ft-long cirrate octopod
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Among the bizarre creatures encountered by the researchers were a 6ft-long cirrate octopod
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