n, pl  cir*ri   :  a slender usu. flexible animal appendage: as  a  :  a fused group of cilia functioning like a limb on some protozoans  b  :  the male copulatory organ of some worms .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  ce·ruse  se·ries  se·ri·ous  se·ro·sa 
 
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