Cirrhotic
(Cir*rhot"ic) a. Pertaining to, caused by, or affected with, cirrhosis; as, cirrhotic degeneration; a
cirrhotic liver.
Cirrhous
(Cir"rhous) a. See Cirrose.
Cirrhus
(Cir"rhus) n. Same as Cirrus.
Cirri
(||Cir"ri) n. pl. See Cirrus.
Cirriferous
(Cir*rif"er*ous) a. [Cirrus + -ferous.] Bearing cirri, as many plants and animals.
Cirriform
(Cir"ri*form) a. [Cirrus + -form.] (Biol.) Formed like a cirrus or tendril; — said of appendages
of both animals and plants.
Cirrigerous
(Cir*rig"er*ous) a. [Cirrus + -gerous.] (Biol.) Having curled locks of hair; supporting cirri, or
hairlike appendages.
Cirrigrade
(Cir"ri*grade) a. [Cirrus + L. gradi to walk.] (Biol.) Moving or moved by cirri, or hairlike
appendages.
Cirriped
(Cir"ri*ped) n. (Zoöl.) One of the Cirripedia.
Cirripedia
(||Cir`ri*pe"di*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. cirrus curl + pes, pedis, foot.] (Zoöl.) An order of Crustacea
including the barnacles. When adult, they have a calcareous shell composed of several pieces. From
the opening of the shell the animal throws out a group of curved legs, looking like a delicate curl, whence
the name of the group. See Anatifa.
Cirrobranchiata
(||Cir`ro*bran`chi*a"ta) n. pl. [NL., fr. E. cirrus + L. branchiae gills.] (Zoöl.) A division
of Mollusca having slender, cirriform appendages near the mouth; the Scaphopoda.
Cirro-cumulus
(Cir`ro-cu"mu*lus) n. [Cirrus + cumulus.] (Meteor.) See under Cloud.
Cirrose
(Cir"rose) a. [See Cirrus.] (Bot.) (a) Bearing a tendril or tendrils; as, a cirrose leaf. (b)
Resembling a tendril or cirrus. [Spelt also cirrhose.]
Cirrostomi
(||Cir`ros"to*mi) n. pl. [NL., fr. E. cirrus + Gr. mouth.] (Zoöl.) The lowest group of vertebrates; —
so called from the cirri around the mouth; the Leptocardia. See Amphioxus.
Cirro-stratus
(Cir`ro-stra"tus) n. [Cirrus + stratus.] (Meteor.) See under Cloud.
Cirrous
(Cir"rous) a.
1. (Bot.) Cirrose.
2. (Zoöl.) Tufted; — said of certain feathers of birds.
Cirrus
(||Cir"rus) n.; pl. Cirri [L., lock, curl, ringlet.] [Also written cirrhus.]
1. (Bot.) A tendril or clasper.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) 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 the last segment are caudal cirri. (b)
The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See Annelida, and Polychæta.
In some of the inferior animals the cirri aid in locomotion; in others they are used in feeding; in the Annelida
they are mostly organs of touch. Some cirri are branchial in function.
