-style
a combining form of style (defs 14, 15):
blastostyle.
compare stylo-1 .
-style2
a combining form with the meanings “column,” “columned,” “having columns (of the kind specified)” used in the formation of compound words:
orthostyle; urostyle.
compare stylo-2 .
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- -taxis
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