What Does Cirri Mean?

In biology, a cirrus SIRR-əs, plural cirri, SIRR-eye, is a long, thin structure in an animal similar to a tentacle but generally lacking the tentacle's strength, flexibility, thickness, and sensitivity.

What does the word cirri mean?

1 : tendril. 2 : a slender usually flexible animal appendage or projection: such as. a : an arm of a barnacle. b : a filament of a crinoid.

What are cirri used for?

The eyebrow like appendages called cirri are used to feel for pressure waves of potential predators.

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