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Cirrous

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Same as cirrose.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Cirrose.
  • adjective. Tufted; -- said of certain feathers of birds.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Pertaining to cirri; having filaments, fibrous.
  • adjective. Pertaining to cirrus clouds.
  • Word Usage
    "Sir John Herschel compared it to a surface studded over with flocks of wool, or to the breaking up of a mackerel sky when the clouds of which it consists begin to assume a cirrous appearance."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cirrose  tufted