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 reader will find in the general plates representations of several kinds of cirri.
From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Butler, Thomas Belden
There are other gills developed in addition to those which represent the cirri.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
Colours.—Valves internally tinted, in parts, grey; peduncle, brown; corium of sack, purplish-brown, of peduncle, rich coppery brown; cirri, banded dorsally, and with the front surfaces of the segments, purplish-brown.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
The observer must watch the formation of cirri, and the different forms of cirro-stratus and stratus, and become familiar with their appearance.
From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Butler, Thomas Belden
The spines on the first three pairs of cirri are coarsely serrated.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
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