n.; pl. L. Scirrhi E. Scirrhuses [ NL., from L. scirros, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.; pl.Cirri [ L., lock, curl, ringlet. ] [ Also written cirrhus. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. (Bot.) A tendril or clasper. [ 1913 Webster ]
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 Polychæta. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Zool.) The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. (Meteor.) See under Cloud. [ 1913 Webster ]
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