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came across this word:
dolichocephalic
in this article:
http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/001318.html
and I noticed it was Greek and I-E combined. is this commonplace for these types of terms?
dol·i·cho·ce·phal·ic
Pronunciation Key (dl-k-s-flk) also dol·i·cho·ceph·a·lous (-sf-ls)
adj. Having a relatively long head with a cephalic index below 76.
[Greek dolikhos, long; see del-1 in Indo-European Roots + -cephalic.]doli·cho·cepha·lism (-sf-lzm) or doli·cho·cepha·ly (-sf-l) n.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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