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1: tendril2: a slender usu. flexible animal appendage or projection: as a: an arm of a barnacle b: a filament of a crinoid c: a fused group of cilia functioning like a limb on some protozoans d: the male copulatory organ of various invertebrate animals 3: a high wispy white cloud usually of minute ice crystals formed at altitudes between about 20,000 and 40,000 feet (6,000 and 12,000 meters)
— see cloud illustration
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