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Answer for the clue "Usually coiled ", 7 letters:
cirrhus

Word definitions for cirrhus in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. usually coiled [syn: cirrus ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cirrus \Cir"rus\, n.; pl. Cirri . [L., lock, curl, ringlet.] (Bot.) A tendril or clasper. (Zo["o]l.) 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 ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of cirrus English)

Usage examples of cirrhus.

The cirrhus clouds of the afternoon before had been a true augury, and all night a gale had howled round the little tent.