Plural of cirrus
irregular plural
The plural of cirrus is cirri.
Forms of cirrus
| Singular | cirrus /ˈsɪɹəs/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | cirri /ˈsɪɹaɪ/ |
| Countable | countable |
Cirri in a sentence
- The blue sky is glossy and fat with heat, a few thin cirri sheared to blown strands like hair at the rims.1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 15
- Moreover, most species have a cirral pattern which - at least partially - closely resembles that of 18-cirri hypotrichs, including the formation from six (I-VI) anlagen.2011, Helmut Berger, Monograph of the Gonostomatidae and Kahliellidae. From the entry anlage
Meaning of cirrus
- noun Synonym of tendril (“a thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support”).
- noun A thin tendril-like appendage, such as a barbel (“whisker-like sensory organ around the mouth”) of some fish, a cilium of some species of protists, or a foot of some crustaceans of the infraclass Cirripedia.
- noun A tuft of ornamental feathers.
Nouns ending in -us: plural -i
Questions about the plural of cirrus
- What is the plural of cirrus?
- The plural of cirrus is cirri.
- Is cirrus countable?
- Cirrus is a countable noun.
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