cirrus

English

/ˈsɪɹəs/

noun
Definitions
  • (botany) A tendril.
  • (zoology) A thin tendril-like appendage.
  • (meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type characterised by white, delicate filaments or wisps, of white (or mostly white) patches, or of narrow bands, found at an altitude of above 7000 metres.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cirrus (curl, mane forelock of a horse, curl of hair, tentril, ringlet).

Origin

Latin

cirrus

Gloss

curl, mane forelock of a horse, curl of hair, tentril, ringlet

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