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The fish are a Cyprinus and a Barbus, or Oreinus with small scales, thick leathery mouth, and cirrhi; a Loach of largish size, flat head, reddish, with conspicuous brownish mottlings, and a Silurus.

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

The middle or triangular lobe is of the same color as the lateral lobes, but pencilled with longitudinal lines of crimson, flushed with orange, and with the terminal cirrhi of a clear magenta.

From Garden and Forest Weekly, Volume 1 No. 1, February 29, 1888 by Various

A few light cirrhi floated high in the atmosphere; but these, even when crossing the moon’s disk, cast no perceptible shadow.

From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne

The light fleecy cirrhi were regarded as mermaids, or as swans, or as maidens with swan's plumage.

From Myths and myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology by Fiske, John

The cloud swept onward, like a mass of cirrhi, in those shadows shrouded.

From Under Two Flags by Ouida