01 n. A tendril or clasper.
pl.
Cirri ((#))
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A tendril or clasper.(Bot.)
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2.
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.(Zool.)
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The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca.(Zool.)
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