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cirrus

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See under Cloud.

A tendril or clasper.

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.

The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See Annelida, and Polychaeta.

The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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All cirriform clouds are classified as high and thus constitute a single genus cirrus (Ci). Source: Internet

A large number of cirrus clouds can be a sign of an approaching frontal system or upper air disturbance. Source: Internet

Another variety, duplicatus (closely spaced layers of the same type, one above the other), is sometimes found with cirrus of both the fibratus and uncinus species, and with altocumulus and stratocumulus of the species stratiformis and lenticularis. Source: Internet

A prediction of this hypothesis is that the cirrus would move higher as the temperatures rose, increasing the volume of air underneath the clouds and the amount of infrared radiation reflected back down to earth. Source: Internet

Cirriform Cirriform clouds are generally of the genus cirrus and have the appearance of detached or semi-merged filaments. Source: Internet

Cirrostratus fibratus is a species made of semi-merged filaments that are transitional to or from cirrus. Source: Internet

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