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cirrhus
[ sir-uhs ]
noun
, Mycology.
, plural cir·rhi [sir, -ahy].
- a mucus-bound ribbonlike mass of spores that is exuded from a fungus.
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White cirrhus clouds now darted out here and there ahead, like fluttering standards of warning.
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Ark is also the name of a mare's-tail cloud, or cirrhus, when it forms a streak across the sky.
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