CIRRUS


Meaning of CIRRUS in English

/ ˈsɪrəs; NAmE / noun

[ U ] ( technical ) a type of light cloud that forms high in the sky

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WORD ORIGIN

early 18th cent. (in the sense tendril ): from Latin , literally a curl .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.