Cirrus - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈsɪrəs|
Brit.
|ˈsɪrəs|
noun
- usually coiled
- a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)
- a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile
- a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)
- a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile
Extra examples
Clouds are commonly classified in four kinds, cirrus, cumulus, stratus, and nimbus.
The sky is hazed with thin cirrus clouds.
Word forms
noun
singular: cirrus
plural: cirri
singular: cirrus
plural: cirri
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