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Proto-Australoid

Proto-Australoid adjective: belonging or relating to a prehistoric racial group, propounded by Roland Burrage Dixon in 1923, that developed into the later Australoids.

Adjective

Proto-Australoid (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Belonging or relating to a prehistoric racial group, propounded by Roland Burrage Dixon in 1923, that developed into the later Australoids.

Noun

Proto-Australoid (plural Proto-Australoids)

  1. (historical) A member of this racial group.

Forms of Proto-Australoid

pluralProto-Australoids

Questions about Proto-Australoid

What does Proto-Australoid mean?
Proto-Australoid means belonging or relating to a prehistoric racial group, propounded by Roland Burrage Dixon in 1923, that developed into the later Australoids.
What part of speech is Proto-Australoid?
Proto-Australoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Proto-Australoid in the dictionary

  1. Proto-Armenian
  2. Proto-Atayalic
  3. Proto-Athabascan
  4. Proto-Athabaskan
  5. Proto-Athapaskan
  6. Proto-Australoid
  7. Proto-Australoids
  8. Proto-Austric
  9. Proto-Austroasiatic
  10. Proto-Austronesian
  11. Proto-Bahnaric

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