Found 2 items, similar to cirri.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cirri cirri See cirrus cirrus n 1: usually coiled [syn: cirrhus] 2: a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles) [syn: cirrus cloud] 3: a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile [also: cirri (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cirri Cirri \Cir"ri\, n. pl. See Cirrus. [1913 Webster] Cirrus \Cir"rus\, n.; pl. Cirri. [L., lock, curl, ringlet.] [Also written cirrhus.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) A tendril or clasper. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri. (b) The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See Annelida, and Polych[ae]ta. [1913 Webster] Note: In some of the inferior animals the cirri aid in locomotion; in others they are used in feeding; in the Annelida they are mostly organs of touch. Some cirri are branchial in function. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca. [1913 Webster] 4. (Meteor.) See under Cloud. [1913 Webster]