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Cirrus

//ˈsɪɹəs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A tendril.
  2. 2
    a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile wordnet
  3. 3
    A thin tendril-like appendage.
  4. 4
    a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles) wordnet
  5. 5
    A principal high-level cloud type, typically composed of thin, delicate, white filaments, wisps, or narrow bands.

    "Cirrus clouds moving from the southwest indicate falling temperature; moving from the northwest they indicate the probability of rising temperature."

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  1. 6
    usually coiled wordnet

Etymology

From Latin cirrus (“curl”).

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