Definition of Cirris. Meaning of Cirris. Synonyms of Cirris

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Definition of Cirris

Cirri
Cirri Cir"ri, n. pl. See Cirrus.
Cirri
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.

Meaning of Cirris from wikipedia

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- Ig****o Cirri or Giacomo Matteo Ig****o Cirri (20 September 1711 – 13 July 1787) was an Italian organist and composer in the 18th century. He was the...
- Giovanni Battista Cirri (1 October 1724 – 11 June 1808) was an Italian cellist and composer in the 18th century. Cirri was born in Forlì in the Emilia-Romagna...
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- Buccal cirri are feeding structures found in the oral hood of primitive jawless organisms called amphioxus. The word buccal is derived from the term bucca...
- reusable systems. The Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrumentation for Shuttle (CIRRIS 1A) experiment was designed to measure the spectral, spatial, and temporal...
- pharynx 10 = pharyngeal slit (gill) 11 = pharynx 12 = vestibule 13 = oral cirri 14 = mouth opening 15 = gonads (ovary / ****) 16 = light sensor 17 =...
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