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Australoid definition

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Of or being a human racial classification traditionally distinguished by physical characteristics such as dark skin and dark curly hair, and including the Aboriginal peoples of Australia along with various peoples of Southeast Asia, especially Melanesia and the Malay Archipelago. No longer in scientific use.
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Designating or of one of the major geographical varieties of human beings, including the indigenous peoples of Australia, the Veddas of Sri Lanka, possibly the Ainu, etc., who are generally characterized by dark skin, curly hair, large teeth and jaws, etc.
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A member of the Australoid population.
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(anthropology) A member of the racial classification that includes Veddahs, Negritos, New Guineans, Melanesians, Micronesians and Australian aborigines.
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Noun

Singular:
australoid
Plural:
australoids

Origin of australoid

  • Austral(ian) –oid

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Australoid Sentence Examples

  • The Melanochroi are not considered by Huxley to be one of the primitive modifications of mankind, but rather to be the result of the admixture of the Xanthochroi with the Australoid type, next to be mentioned.

  • It is also probable that the Australoid family extends into south Arabia and Egypt.

  • The third group is that of the Australoid type.

  • This type is found in its purest form in the north and north-west, while the mixed races and the population referred to the Australoid type predominate in the peninsula and southern India.

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