Cirrus
High ice crystals
Cirrus clouds are thin, wispy formations at high altitudes, composed of ice crystals and often resembling delicate streaks or curls across the sky.
The word extends to biology for slender, tendril-like structures: cirrus tentacles.
In meteorology, cirrus typically indicates fair weather but can signal an approaching front.
Thin and insubstantial
- featheryLight and soft-textured
- high-altitudeElevated atmospheric position
- ice crystalsSolid water formations
- mare's tailHigh wispy cloud formation
thin · streaky · stratosphere · weather · forecasting · jet stream · white · delicate
Coiling plant appendage
- filamentVery thin thread
- tentacleFlexible grasping appendage
- appendageProjecting body part
- fringeOutermost edge or margin
barbel · curl · projection · slender · thread-like · zoology · anatomy · invertebrate
wispy
Thin and insubstantial
- featheryLight and soft-textured
- high-altitudeElevated atmospheric position
- ice crystalsSolid water formations
mare's tail · thin · streaky · stratosphere · weather · forecasting · jet stream · white · delicate · filament
tendril
Coiling plant appendage
fringe · barbel · curl · projection · slender · thread-like · zoology · anatomy · invertebrate · extension
tendril
Coiling plant appendage
coil · grapevine · support · attachment · spiral · twining · pea plant · cucumber · passion flower · grip
Cirrusstratus
Low, flat cloud layer
fog · cumulus · cumulonimbus · thunderhead · stratocumulus
Cirruscumulonimbus
Towering storm-producing cloud
thunderhead · storm cloud · storm clouds · nimbostratus · rain cloud
- cirrus cloudsHigh, thin ice formations