Having feet, legs, or appendages that resemble cirri or curl-like structures; relating to organisms that move or feed with cirrus-like appendages.
From Latin cirrus (curl) + pous/podous (foot, from Greek pous). The adjective form describing creatures characterized by curl-like feet or appendages.
Cirropodous animals represent a unique evolutionary solution to filter-feeding—using thousands of synchronized hairlike legs to create invisible nets that capture plankton!
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