-tricha

1. a combining form meaning “ones having hair” of the kind or number specified by the initial element, used in taxonomic names, especially in taxa of ciliated protozoans.

   Chonotricha; Spirotricha.

Word History and Origins

Origin of -tricha¹

< New Latin < Greek, neuter plural of -trichos ( -trich )

Example Sentences

“When I call my friends and relatives in Athens, they tell me there’s no hope, everything is going from bad to worse,” Ms. Tricha said on a recent afternoon, as she walked through her greenhouse, where thousands of snails lumbered along on rows of damp wooden boards.

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CHIOS, Greece — Nikos Gavalas and Alexandra Tricha, both 31 and trained as agriculturalists, were frustrated working on poorly paying, short-term contracts in Athens, where jobs are scarce and the cost of living is high.

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Mr. Gavalas and Ms. Tricha chose to move back to his native Chios, an Aegean island closer to Izmir, Turkey, than to Athens.

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Ms. Tricha knows where she stands.

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“I think a lot of people will do this,” Ms. Tricha said.

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