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What is "cirrous"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cirrous

Cirrous \Cir"rous\, a.

  1. (Bot.) Cirrose.

  2. (Zo["o]l.) Tufted; -- said of certain feathers of birds. [1913 Webster] ||

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
cirrous

1650s in biology; 1815 in meteorology, from Latin cirrus (see cirrus) + -ous.

Wiktionary
cirrous

a. 1 (context botany zoology English) Pertaining to cirri; having filaments, fibrous. 2 Pertaining to cirrus clouds.

Usage examples of "cirrous".

And Ivy divided from the root, we have observed to live some years, by the cirrous parts commonly conceived but as tenacles and holdfasts unto it.