1. of, relating to, or resembling a cirrus or cirri (thin, hair-like or tendril-like structures in plants or animals)
Usage: biology, botany
2. characterized by or composed of cirrus clouds
Usage: meteorology

Examples

• The cirrous appendages of the barnacle help it filter food from the water.
• Cirrous clouds form at high altitudes and often indicate a change in weather.
• The plant's cirrous tendrils wrapped around the trellis.
• A cirrous structure on the organism's surface aids in locomotion.
• The sky displayed a delicate cirrous pattern as the sun set.