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Usually coiled
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.