Definitions
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- adjective See
cirrose .
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- adjective Alternative form of
cirrhose .
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Examples
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On the horizon fine streaks of cirrhous clouds were succeeded by masses of cumuli.
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On the horizon fine streaks of cirrhous clouds were succeeded by masses of cumuli.
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. English Jules Verne 1866
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The forenoon was cloudless and hot; cirrhous clouds formed in the afternoon; with a breeze from the E.S.E. Our lat. was 21 degrees 25 minutes.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830
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"I think not -- in the cirrhous clouds at least -- the frozen ones.
The Seaboard Parish, Complete George MacDonald 1864
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