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cirro-

cirro- prefix: resembling a fringe.

Prefix

cirro-

  1. Resembling a fringe
  2. related to clouds of high étage

Forms of cirro-

alternative formcirri-
alternative formcirr-

Origin of cirro-

From cirrus (“cloud-type”) and Latin cirrus (“fringe”). By surface analysis, cirr- + -o-.

Questions about cirro-

What does cirro- mean?
Cirro- means resembling a fringe.
What part of speech is cirro-?
Cirro- is a prefix.

Words near cirro- in the dictionary

  1. cirripedians
  2. cirripedologist
  3. cirripedologists
  4. cirripedology
  5. cirripeds
  6. cirro-
  7. cirro-cumuli
  8. cirro-cumulus
  9. Cirroc
  10. cirrocumular
  11. cirrocumuli

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cirro- (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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