ulotrichous

American  

[yoo-lo-tri-kuhs] / yuˈlɒ trɪ kəs /

adjective

1. belonging to a group of people having woolly or crisply curly hair.

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ulotrichous British  

/ juːˈlɒtrɪkəs /

adjective

1. having woolly or curly hair

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Other Word Forms

• ulotrichy noun

Etymology

Origin of ulotrichous

First recorded in 1855–60; from New Latin Ulotrich(i) (plural), formerly a name for a division of humankind (from Greek oulótrichos (singular) “curly-haired,” equivalent to oûlo(s) “thick, fleecy” + -trichos “-haired” (derivative of thríx “hair”) + -ous

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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