transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsir-əs ]
noun
( plural cir·ri ˈsir-ˌī)
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, curl
Date: 1708
1. : tendril
2. : a slender usually flexible animal appendage or projection: as
a. : an arm of a barnacle
b. : a filament of a crinoid
c. : a fused group of cilia functioning like a limb on some protozoans
d. : the male copulatory organ of various invertebrate animals
3. : a high wispy white cloud usually of minute ice crystals formed at altitudes between about 20,000 and 40,000 feet (6,000 and 12,000 meters) — see cloud illustration