-tricha
Word Origin
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.
Origin
< New Latin < Greek, neuter plural of -trichos (see -trich)
Related Words
- gastrotrich
- heterotrich
- hypotrich
- peritrichous
-tri·cha
\trə̇kə\ noun combining form
(plural -tricha)
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek -trichos -trichous
: one or ones having (such) ciliation — in names of taxa
< Gastrotricha >
< Oxytricha >
< Gastrotricha >
< Oxytricha >