ALL meanings of australoid
Aus·tra·loid
A a - adjective australoid denoting, relating to, or belonging to a supposed racial group that includes the native Australians and certain other peoples of southern Asia and the Pacific islands. 3
- noun australoid any member of this racial group 3
- adjective australoid designating or of one of the major geographical varieties of human beings, including the Australian Aborigines, the Veddas of Sri Lanka, possibly the Ainu, etc., who are generally characterized by dark skin, curly hair, large teeth and jaws, etc. 3
- noun australoid a member of the Australoid population 3
- noun australoid Anthropology. 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. 1
- adjective australoid pertaining to or having the characteristics of the Australoids. 1
- noun australoid (anthropology) A member of the racial classification that includes Veddahs, Negritos, New Guineans, Melanesians, Micronesians and Australian aborigines. 0