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a combining form representing cirrus in compound words: cirrostratus.

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Also cirri-.

Words nearby cirro-

cirrhus, cirri, cirriform, cirriped, cirripede, cirro-, cirrocumulus, cirrose, cirrostratus, cirrus, cirrus clouds

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How to use cirro- in a sentence

This cloud may either evaporate or disappear, or it may pass to the cirrus, or sink lower and become a cirro-stratus.
The Rain Cloud|Anonymous
The first is the Cirro-cumulus, consisting of small roundish and well-defined masses, in close horizontal arrangement.
The Rain Cloud|Anonymous
That afternoon we noticed very fine iridescent colouring in cirro-cumulus clouds as they crossed the sun.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
Earlier in the year, a double corona had been seen when the moon was shining through cirro-cumulus clouds.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson

Through openings in these clouds an upper layer of cirro-stratus or alto-stratus may almost invariably be seen.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5|Various

British Dictionary definitions for cirro-

cirro-

cirri-

combining form

indicating cirrus or cirricirrocumulus; cirriped

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