CIRRUS

(Lat.), n. m. Si2r(ki2r)'ru3s(ru4s). Fr., cirre. Ger., Ranke, Wickelranke. It., viticcia. Sp., cirro. 1. A lock of hair, also any tendril-like structure; of Merrem, a tuft of feathers which, beginning above the eyes, pa down the length of the neck in birds; of Illiger, a feather with a long shaft scantily supplied with barbs; of Pliny, the foot of a Cephalopod; of De Blainville, any filiform appendage; one of the articulated appendages of the Cirriped i a; in the Cestodes, the male intromittent organ, as a rule, attached to the anterior extremity of the c. pouch. 2. A tendril. [L, 180, 182; a, 24.] Auditory cirri. Auditory hairs (tendril-like proce es in many of the lower animals, thought to have auditory functions). [L, 201.] Cirrorum conglutinatio. See PLICA polonica. C'- beutel (Ger.). See C. pouch. C. corollaris. A tendril arising from the petals of a flower. [B, 306 (a, 24).] C. foliar is. A tendril arising from a leaf, [a, 24.] C. peduncular is. A tendril arising from a peduncle, [a, 24.1 C. petiolar is. Fr., cirre petiole. A petiolary tendril taking the place of a leaf and appearing like the continuation of the leaf-stalk. [B, 77 (a, 24).] C. pouch. Fr., poche du cirre. Ger., C'beutel. Syn.: bursa copulatrix. A muscular and connective-ti ue structure attached to the male genital opening of the Cestodes which serves to protrude the cirrus. [L, 182.] Infero-lateral prestomial c. Fr.. antenne externe. A tendril-like filamentous proce on the lower portion of the pree stomium of the Polychceta. [L, 11.] Morbus cirrorum. See PLICA polonica. Neuropodial cirri. In the Polychceta, cirri springing from the neuropodium. [L, 11.] No to podial cirri. In the Polychceta, cirri springing from the no to podium. [L, 11.] Prestomial c. Fr., cirre tentacula ire, antenne mitoyenne. Ger., Fiihlcirre. In the Polychceta, a tendril-like proce springing from the middle of the preslemium. [L, 11.] Supero-lateral prestomial c. Fr., antenne mitoyenne. A tendril-like filamentous proce on the upper side of the prsestomium of the Polychceta. [L, 11.] [s. 298]