cirri
noun
a plural of cirrus.
cirri
1 American
[sir-ahy]
/ ˈsɪr aɪ /
noun
Botany, Zoology.
cirri-
2
American
cirri
British
/ ˈsɪraɪ /
noun
Example Sentences
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The cirri or tentacles, of which three or four pairs are present, are capable of being protruded, and the minute larva swims by means of the ciliary action they produce.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
On Tuesday this gentleman reports his detection of some "cirri," and he kindly writes to the Times to give the world the benefit of the discovery.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
Its significance is of greater humidity and is the first real confirmation of the earlier promise of the cirri.
From Reading the Weather by Thomas Morris Longstreth
Montagu states, that the whole shell and body of animal, when fresh, are pale blue, with the cirri spotted with brown.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Of two specimens in another and older set in the British Museum, from an unknown locality, both had shields on the segments of the cirri, but only one had the large plate on the prosoma.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
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