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cirrhus
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Cirrhus
(gcide) | Cirrhus \Cir"rhus\, n.
Same as Cirrus.
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cirrhus
(gcide) | Cirrus \Cir"rus\, n.; pl. Cirri. [L., lock, curl, ringlet.]
[Also written cirrhus.]
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1. (Bot.) A tendril or clasper.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many
Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near
the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of
the last segment are caudal cirri.
(b) The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See
Annelida, and Polych[ae]ta.
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Note: In some of the inferior animals the cirri aid in
locomotion; in others they are used in feeding; in the
Annelida they are mostly organs of touch. Some cirri
are branchial in function.
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3. (Zool.) The external male organ of trematodes and some
other worms, and of certain Mollusca.
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4. (Meteor.) See under Cloud.
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cirrhus
(wn) | cirrhus
n 1: usually coiled [syn: cirrus, cirrhus] |
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Cirrhus
(gcide) | Cirrhus \Cir"rhus\, n.
Same as Cirrus.
[1913 Webster]Cirrus \Cir"rus\, n.; pl. Cirri. [L., lock, curl, ringlet.]
[Also written cirrhus.]
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1. (Bot.) A tendril or clasper.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many
Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near
the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of
the last segment are caudal cirri.
(b) The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See
Annelida, and Polych[ae]ta.
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Note: In some of the inferior animals the cirri aid in
locomotion; in others they are used in feeding; in the
Annelida they are mostly organs of touch. Some cirri
are branchial in function.
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3. (Zool.) The external male organ of trematodes and some
other worms, and of certain Mollusca.
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4. (Meteor.) See under Cloud.
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Menticirrhus
(gcide) | Menticirrhus \Menticirrhus\ prop. n.
A genus of kingfishes, including the whiting.
Syn: genus Menticirrhus.
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Menticirrhus Americanus
(gcide) | Whiting \Whit"ing\, n. [From White.]
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1. (Zool.)
(a) A common European food fish (Melangus vulgaris) of
the Codfish family; -- called also fittin.
(b) A North American fish (Merlucius vulgaris) allied to
the preceding; -- called also silver hake.
(c) Any one of several species of North American marine
sciaenoid food fishes belonging to genus
Menticirrhus, especially Menticirrhus Americanus,
found from Maryland to Brazil, and {Menticirrhus
littoralis}, common from Virginia to Texas; -- called
also silver whiting, and surf whiting.
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Note: Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the
kingfish
(a), the sailor's choice
(b), the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake
whitefishes.
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2. Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and
repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in
putty, for cleaning silver, etc.
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Whiting pollack. (Zool.) Same as Pollack.
Whiting pout (Zool.), the bib, 2.
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Menticirrhus littoralis
(gcide) | Whiting \Whit"ing\, n. [From White.]
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1. (Zool.)
(a) A common European food fish (Melangus vulgaris) of
the Codfish family; -- called also fittin.
(b) A North American fish (Merlucius vulgaris) allied to
the preceding; -- called also silver hake.
(c) Any one of several species of North American marine
sciaenoid food fishes belonging to genus
Menticirrhus, especially Menticirrhus Americanus,
found from Maryland to Brazil, and {Menticirrhus
littoralis}, common from Virginia to Texas; -- called
also silver whiting, and surf whiting.
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Note: Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the
kingfish
(a), the sailor's choice
(b), the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake
whitefishes.
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2. Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and
repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in
putty, for cleaning silver, etc.
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Whiting pollack. (Zool.) Same as Pollack.
Whiting pout (Zool.), the bib, 2.
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Scirrhus
(gcide) | Scirrhus \Scir"rhus\, n.; pl. L. Scirrhi, E. Scirrhuses.
[NL., from L. scirros, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ?, ?, hard.] (Med.)
(a) An indurated organ or part; especially, an indurated
gland. [Obs.]
(b) A cancerous tumor which is hard, translucent, of a gray
or bluish color, and emits a creaking sound when incised.
[Sometimes incorrectly written schirrus; written also
skirrhus.]
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Scirrhuses
(gcide) | Scirrhus \Scir"rhus\, n.; pl. L. Scirrhi, E. Scirrhuses.
[NL., from L. scirros, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ?, ?, hard.] (Med.)
(a) An indurated organ or part; especially, an indurated
gland. [Obs.]
(b) A cancerous tumor which is hard, translucent, of a gray
or bluish color, and emits a creaking sound when incised.
[Sometimes incorrectly written schirrus; written also
skirrhus.]
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genus menticirrhus
(wn) | genus Menticirrhus
n 1: kingfishes; whiting [syn: Menticirrhus, {genus
Menticirrhus}] |
menticirrhus
(wn) | Menticirrhus
n 1: kingfishes; whiting [syn: Menticirrhus, {genus
Menticirrhus}] |
menticirrhus americanus
(wn) | Menticirrhus americanus
n 1: whiting of the southeastern coast of North America [syn:
king whiting, Menticirrhus americanus] |
menticirrhus littoralis
(wn) | Menticirrhus littoralis
n 1: a dull silvery whiting of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts
of the United States [syn: silver whiting, {Menticirrhus
littoralis}] |
menticirrhus saxatilis
(wn) | Menticirrhus saxatilis
n 1: whiting of the east coast of United States; closely
resembles king whiting [syn: northern whiting,
Menticirrhus saxatilis] |
menticirrhus undulatus
(wn) | Menticirrhus undulatus
n 1: bluish-grey whiting of California coast [syn: corbina,
Menticirrhus undulatus] |
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