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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cirri \Cir"ri\, n. pl See {Cirrus}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cirrus \Cir"rus\, n.; pl {Cirri}. [L., lock, curl, ringlet.] [Also written {cirrhus}.] 1. (Bot.) A tendril or clasper. 2. (Zo["o]l.) a A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri. b The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See {Annelida}, and {Polych[ae]ta}. Note: In some of the inferior animals the cirri aid in locomotion; in others they are used in feeding; in the Annelida they are mostly organs of touch. Some cirri are branchial in function. 3. (Zo["o]l.) The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca. 4. (Meteor.) See under {Cloud}.
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