Cirrus (band) definition

Cirrus (band)

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WordNet

(1) A slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile

(2) A wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)

(3) Usually coiled

WiktionaryText

From cirrus ‘curl’.

A principal high-level cloud type characterised by white, delicate filaments or wisps, of white (or mostly white) patches, or of narrow bands, found at an altitude of above 7000 metres.