English Explanatory Dictionary

Melanesid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A proposed subrace of the Australoid race, coined by Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt in 1934.

Word forms

Melanesid Melanesids

Etymology

From Melanesia + -id.

Synonyms

Melanesian

Related words

Australid Negritid Polynesid Veddoid
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