Australoid
nounEtymology By surface analysis, Austral- + -oid.
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Anthropology, Human sciences, Sciences Historical A historical grouping and racial classification which mainly includes aboriginal Australians but also Andamans, Melanesians, Micronesians, Negritos, New Guineans, and Veddas.
- Derived terms
- Australo-Melanesian, Proto-Australoid
- Related terms
- Veddoid