- A tendril or clasper. - A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca,
and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are
Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri. - The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See Annelida,
and Polychaeta. - The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms,
and of certain Mollusca. - See under Cloud.
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