cymotrichousadj.
/sʌɪˈmɒtrɪkəs/ Physical Anthropology.
Having wavy hair.
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wavy-haired1864
wave-haired1866
cymotrichous1909
1909 A. C. Haddon Races of Man 3 These three varieties [of hair] are now termed leiotrichous, cymotrichous, and ulotrichous.
1924 Races of Man (ed. 2) 6 Some cymotrichous peoples have very hairy bodies.
Derivatives
cyˈmotrichy n. wavy-hairedness.
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the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [noun] > state of having wavy
cymotrichy1924
1924 Races of Man (ed. 2) 5 Cymotrichy, or smooth, wavy and curly hair.
1936 Antiquity 10 244 Three sorts of hair—woolly, wavy and straight—are carefully distinguished... They would indicate that ulotrichy, cymotrichy, and leiotrichy were simultaneously present.
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adj.1909