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

Word definitions for cirrhus in dictionaries

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

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 ...

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

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.