The Latin meaning of the word "cirrus" is "ringlets." It is used to describe wispy- or curly-looking thin, light gray or white clouds.
Cirrus. Cirrus clouds are wispy or curly. Cirrus means "wispy."
Cirrus: It's Latin for "curl." Cirrus clouds look like curls of white hair.
Cirrus: It's Latin for "curl." Cirrus clouds look like curls of white hair.
Cirrus in Latin means curl or curly hair and describes wispy clouds.
Cirrus is latin for "curl of hair" and is used to describe wipsy curly clouds
Cirrus is latin for "curl of hair" and is used to describe wipsy curly clouds
Cirrus in Latin means curl or curly hair and describes wispy clouds.
Cirrus Uncinus - a name derived from Latin meaning 'curly hooks'. They are sparse in the sky and very thin..
Luke Howard proposed the Latin classification of clouds in 1802.
Cirrus is the Latin wor meaning curl
High, wispy clouds are generally categorized as cirrus clouds.
cirrus means "wispy and swirly". It is probably Latin or Greek.