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cirrate

/ˈsɪɹeɪt/

cirrate adjective: of, pertaining to, or fringed with cirri.

Adjective

cirrate (comparative more cirrate, superlative most cirrate)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or fringed with cirri.

Noun

cirrate (plural cirrates)

  1. An octopus of the suborder Cirrina.

cirrate meaning in Tamil and Bengali

cirrate in Tamil

சுருட்டையான, தளிர்க் கைகள் போன்ற, சுருண்ட இழைபோன்ற

cirrate in Bengali

উপবর্গের একটি অক্টোপাস

Forms of cirrate

Adjective
comparativemore cirrate
superlativemost cirrate
Noun
pluralcirrates

Origin of cirrate

Borrowed from Latin cirrātus (“having ringlets”), from cirrus (“a curl”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). By surface analysis, cirr- + -ate.

Words formed from cirrate

Questions about cirrate

What does cirrate mean?
Cirrate means of, pertaining to, or fringed with cirri.
What is cirrate in Tamil?
Cirrate in Tamil is சுருட்டையான, தளிர்க் கைகள் போன்ற, சுருண்ட இழைபோன்ற. See Cirrate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cirrate?
Cirrate can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce cirrate?
Cirrate is pronounced /ˈsɪɹeɪt/.

Words near cirrate in the dictionary

  1. cirons
  2. cirque
  3. cirques
  4. cirr-
  5. cirral
  6. cirrate
  7. cirrated
  8. cirrates
  9. cirratulid
  10. cirratulids
  11. cirratuliform

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cirrate (page history and authors); cirrate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cirrate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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