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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Moving by means of tendril-like appendages: as, cirrigrade Acalephæ. Carpenter.
  • noun That which moves by means of cirri.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Biol.) Moving or moved by cirri, or hairlike appendages.

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  • adjective zoology moved or moving by means of cirri

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