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hypertrichous

hypertrichous adjective: relating to or displaying hypertrichy.

Adjective

hypertrichous (not comparable)

  1. Relating to or displaying hypertrichy.
    • Promegistus armstrongi Womersley is the sole member of the Promegistidae. Womersley (1958) originally placed this unusual mite in the Paramegistidae, which it resembles in the smooth dorsum fringed with setae, fragmented sternal shield and hypertrichous ventrianal shield.1912, Hamlyn-Harris, Ronald, Queensland Museum, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, page 255
    • The idiosomatic chaetotaxy is usually hypertrichous.1992, Evans, Gwilym O. (Gwilym Owen), Principles of acarology, page 412

Origin of hypertrichous

By surface analysis, hypertrichy + -ous.

Questions about hypertrichous

What does hypertrichous mean?
Hypertrichous means relating to or displaying hypertrichy.
What part of speech is hypertrichous?
Hypertrichous is an adjective.

Words near hypertrichous in the dictionary

  1. hypertriacylglycerolemic
  2. hypertrichoses
  3. hypertrichosis
  4. hypertrichosis cubiti
  5. hypertrichotic
  6. hypertrichous
  7. hypertrichy
  8. hypertridimensional
  9. hypertriglyceremia
  10. hypertriglyceridaemia
  11. hypertriglyceridaemias

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