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a combining form meaning “having rows” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: distichous.
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Origin of -stichous

<Late Latin -stichus<Greek -stichos, adj. derivative of stíchosstich1

Words nearby -stichous

stich, sticharion, stichic, stichometry, stichomythia, -stichous, stick, stick around, stick at, stick-at-it-ive, stickball
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British Dictionary definitions for -stichous

-stichous
adj combining form
having a certain number of rowsdistichous

Word Origin for -stichous

from Late Latin -stichus, from Greek -stikhos, from stikhos line, row; see stich
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