Meaning & use
Cirrus
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A thin, wispy cloud typically found at high altitudes, made mostly of ice crystals.
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Streaks of cirrus stretched across the sky, hinting at a change in weather.
Pilots often fly above cirrus clouds during long-haul flights.
A note on using this word
From Latin 'cirrus', meaning a curl or tuft of hair, describing the cloud's wispy appearance; the word is also used in zoology for slender, tentacle-like appendages.
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2. noun
A slender, tendril-like or curling appendage found on some plants and animals, such as barnacles.
The barnacle extends its feathery cirrus to filter food from the water.
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