Plain English words for hairs?? "ortho-" ="straight"

[Robin Leech]

I do not know who told you that "ORTHO" means "bones", but he or she is
wrong.  ORTHO means straight or upright, hence ORTHOptera (grasshopppers,
crickets and the like).
Robin Leech

----- Original Message -----
From: John Bruner <jbruner at GPU.SRV.UALBERTA.CA>
To: <TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 1999 6:09 AM
Subject: Re: Plain English words for hairs?? "ortho-" ="straight"


> On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, Gurcharan Singh wrote:
> > >At 05:15 PM 11/12/99 -0500, MAGarland at AOL.COM wrote:
> > >>"bifid trichome" is plain English?
> > If this is plain English then perhaps are all Latin and Greek technical
> > terms. I have asked numerous people the meaning of "ortho". Every one
says
> > it means bones. Is that also a plain English?
> > Gurcharan Singh
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> > Dr. Gurcharan Singh                      Res:
> > Department of Botany                        932 Anand Kunj
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>
> *It is Greek to me!*  As the father of two sons in badly need of
> orthodontia, believe me I know this one.
>
> "ortho-" [< Greek *orthos*, straight], a combining form meaning:
> 1. straight, regular, upright
> 2. right angle
> 3. proper, correct, standard
>
>         John
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