Australoid

UK: /ˈɒstrəˌlɔɪd/ US: (ô′strə loid′)

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Aus•tra•loid  (ô′strə loid′), n. 

1. Physical Anthropology, Anthropology, Language Varieties [Anthropol.] a descriptive category including principally the Australian Aborigines and sometimes including Papuans, Melanesians, various small-statured peoples, as Negritos, of the Philippines, Malay Peninsula, and Andaman Islands, and some of the tribes of central and southern India.

adj. 

2. Anthropology, Physical Anthropology pertaining to or having the characteristics of the Australoids.

Also, Aus•tra•li•oid  (ô strā′lē oid′). 

• variant of Australioid. See Australia, -oid 1860–65

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Australoid / ˈɒstrəˌlɔɪd/ adjective

1. denoting, relating to, or belonging to a supposed racial group that includes indigenous Australians and certain other peoples of southern Asia and the Pacific islands.

noun

1. any member of this supposed racial group