Usually means: Having both long and short hairs.
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  3. heterotrichous: Wiktionary
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▸ adjective:  (biology, of an alga) Having a thallus that is partly prostrate and partly upright

Similar:
homothallic, monothalloid, heterothallic, heterostyled, thallose, semithalloid, heteroicous, holocarpic, thalline, holotrichous, more...

Opposite:
homotrichous, monotrichous, uniciliate

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Similar:
homothallic, monothalloid, heterothallic, heterostyled, thallose, semithalloid, heteroicous, holocarpic, thalline, holotrichous, more...

Opposite:
homotrichous, monotrichous, uniciliate



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