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cymatotrichous

cymatotrichous is the alternative form of cymotrichous.

Meaning of cymotrichous

Adjective

cymotrichous (not comparable)

  1. Having wavy hair.
    • The hair is cymotrichous: one had flat wavy hair, in 19 it was very wavy, and in 7 it was markedly curly.1907, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Man, Volumes 7-8, page 123

Origin of cymatotrichous

FromLatin cȳmat(is) (“sprout, swelling, hollow sphere”) + -o- + trich- + -ous, stem of cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῡ́μᾰτος (kū́mătos, “wave, billow, swell, sprout, fetus”), genitive of κῦμα (kûma).

Questions about cymatotrichous

What is cymatotrichous the alternative form of?
Cymatotrichous is the alternative form of cymotrichous.

Words near cymatotrichous in the dictionary

  1. cymatograph
  2. cymatographs
  3. cymatoid
  4. cymatoscope
  5. cymatoscopes
  6. cymatotrichous
  7. Cymb.
  8. cymbaeform
  9. cymbal
  10. cymbala
  11. cymbaleer

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