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cirriform
[ sir-uh-fawrm ]
/ ˈsɪr əˌfɔrm /
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adjective
of or relating to clouds composed of ice crystals, as cirrus, cirrostratus, and cirrocumulus clouds.
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Words nearby cirriform
cirrate, cirrhogenous, cirrhosis, cirrhus, cirri, cirriform, cirriped, cirripede, cirro-, cirrocumulus, cirrose
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How to use cirriform in a sentence
No dorsal cirriform process on III or any other segment, all being wholly smooth.
Mesad of the branchial process of each parapodium of the first four pairs is a cirrus or cirriform process.