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ulotrichous
[ yoo-lo-tri-kuhs ]
adjective
- belonging to a group of people having woolly or crisply curly hair.
ulotrichous
/ ːˈɒٰɪə /
adjective
- having woolly or curly hair
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Derived Forms
- ˈdzٰ, noun
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of ulotrichous1
First recorded in 1855–60; from New Latin Ulotrich(i) (plural), formerly a name for a division of humankind (from Greek dzܱóٰDz (singular) “curly-haired,” equivalent to û() “thick, fleecy” + -trichos “-haired” (derivative of ٳí “hair”) + -ous
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of ulotrichous1
C19: from New Latin dzٰī (classification applied to humans having this type of hair), from Greek oulothrix , from oulos curly + thrix hair
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Example Sentences
Subsequently when the land sank a remnant of the old ulotrichous population "was thus left stranded in Tasmania, where Homo tasmanianus survived until he came in contact with Europeans and was exterminated."
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The important point to be noted is that this early population was ulotrichous, cf. p.
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The autochthones of Melanesia were a dark-skinned and ulotrichous people, who had neither a fear of the ghosts of their dead nor a manes cult, but had a cult of local spirits.
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