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Etymology
From Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “wave”) + Ancient Greek τριχ- (trikh-), stem of θρίξ (thríx, “hair”), + English -ous.
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cymotrichous (not comparable)
- (anthropology) Having wavy hair.
1907, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Man, Volumes 7-8, page 123:The hair is cymotrichous: one had flat wavy hair, in 19 it was very wavy, and in 7 it was markedly curly.
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