Long, thin structures in both vertebrate and invertebrate animals.
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Examples for "cirrus"
Examples for "cirrus"
1Yes, he had filibustered about the differences between cirrus and stratus accumulations.
2The night was calm and clear, with faint cirrus, but no dew.
3Another interesting phenomenon observed to-day was a cirrus cloud lit by sunlight.
4A blue sky with fluffy white cirrus clouds stretched in every direction.
5They were soon lost in the cirrus, bound for Line Top.
1The motile organs are cirri and cilia, all inserted in the constriction.
2In the figure given by Quennerstedt there are only 7 ventral cirri.
3The cirri emerge from minute hollows in the edge of the anterior border.
4The contractile vacuole lies on the right side dorsal to the posterior cirri.
5One or more rings of cirri rise in the groove.
6The ventral cirri are short and thick, and are very characteristic of the species.
7At the posterior end an oblique hollow bears 6 unequal cirri placed side by side.
8Five large cirri extend outward from the anterior extremity.
9Round the horizon it was of steely brilliancy, while reddish cumuli and cirri floated southwards.
10The anal cirri, 5 in number, are long and stiff; the marginal cirri smaller and finer.
11The anus is on the right side in the region of the anal cirri (Stein).
12There are 5 posterior cirri and 4 anal cirri, of much smaller size.
13These cirri are placed in depressions in the ventral surface and each one appears to come from a specific shoulder.
14The cirri may or may not be fimbriated, the latter condition indicating the approaching disintegration of the body and is abnormal.
15Seven or 8 cirri are placed in the anterior half of the ventral surface and are arranged more or less in rows.
16There are two and one-half rows of ventral cirri and the marginal cirri are drawn in until they are ventral in position.