释义 |
cymotrichous, a. Anthrop.|saɪˈmɒtrɪkəs| [f. Gr. κῦµα wave (see cyma) + τριχ-, θρίξ hair + -ous.] Having wavy hair. Hence cyˈmotrichy, wavy-hairedness.
1909A. C. Haddon Races of Man 3 These three varieties [of hair] are now termed leiotrichous, cymotrichous, and ulotrichous. 1924Ibid. (ed. 2) 5 Cymotrichy, or smooth, wavy and curly hair. Ibid. 6 Some cymotrichous peoples have very hairy bodies. 1936Antiquity X. 244 Three sorts of hair—woolly, wavy and straight—are carefully distinguished... They would indicate that ulotrichy, cymotrichy, and leiotrichy were simultaneously present. |