cirrus

n., pl., cir·ri (sîr'ī').

1. A high-altitude cloud composed of narrow bands or patches of thin, generally white, fleecy parts.
2. Biology.
   1. A tendril or similar part.
   2. A slender flexible appendage, such as the fused cilia of certain protozoans.

[Latin, curl of hair.]

Coarse hairs, longer than those in the normal coat and less coarse than tactile hairs.

• c. capitis — hairs of the forelock.
• c. caudae — hairs of the tail.
• c. metacarpeus — frontlimb feather.
• c. metatarseus — hindlimb feather.

IN BRIEF: A kind of cloud that looks like thin strips of woolly curls.

Cirrus clouds sometimes show that the weather may be ready to change.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - slyngtråd, ranke, fjerskyer

Nederlands (Dutch)
(hecht)rank, tentakel, vederwolk

Français (French)
n. - (Météo) cirrus, (Bot) vrille, (Biol) cirr(he)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zirrus, Federwolke, (bot.) Ranke, (zo.) Wimper

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μετεωρ.) θύσανος, (ζωολ.) νημάτιο

Italiano (Italian)
cirro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cirro (m) (Bot.)

Русский (Russian)
перистые облака

Español (Spanish)
n. - cirro

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - klänge, trådliknande utskott, cirrusmoln (meteor.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
卷须, 藤蔓, 触毛

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 捲鬚, 藤蔓, 觸毛

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 덩굴손, 촉모, 새털구름

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - つる, 蔓脚

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سحب عاليه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ענני-נוצה‬

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