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Veddoid

Veddoid noun: a subtype of the Australoid race which includes the Vedda people of South India and others.

Noun

Veddoid (plural Veddoids)

  1. (historical) A subtype of the Australoid race which includes the Vedda people of South India and others.
    • Anthropologists have classified these people as Veddoid after the Vedda tribes of Ceylon, and assign to this group the Senoi and Sakai hill-tribes of Malaya, and other backward peoples of south Celebes and on the Engano and Mentawei Islands off the west coast of Sumatra.1981, D. G. E. Hall, History of South East Asia, page 6

Forms of Veddoid

pluralVeddoids

Origin of Veddoid

From Vedda + -oid.

Questions about Veddoid

What does Veddoid mean?
Veddoid means a subtype of the Australoid race which includes the Vedda people of South India and others.
What part of speech is Veddoid?
Veddoid is a noun.
What is the plural of Veddoid?
The plural of Veddoid is Veddoids.

Words near Veddoid in the dictionary

  1. Veddahs
  2. Veddas
  3. vedder
  4. Vedderesque
  5. Vedders
  6. Veddoid
  7. veddy
  8. Vedea
  9. vederala
  10. vederalas
  11. vedette

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