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Eskimoid, a.|ˈɛskɪmɔɪd| [f. Eskimo n. + -oid.] Eskimo-like; similar in racial type to the Eskimo; resembling an Eskimo. Also as n.
1918E. A. Hooton in Amer. Jrnl. Phys. Anthropol. I. 53 (title) On certain Eskimoid characters in Icelandic skulls. Ibid. 54, I have ventured to call these ‘Eskimoid characters’, because they occur in association predominantly in Eskimo skeletons. 1939Peking Nat. Hist. Bull. XIII. 172 An Eskimoid skull very similar to that of the Upper Cave [in China] is, for instance, represented among the remains of the pre-Columbian Indians from South Western Texas. 1946F. E. Zeuner Dating the Past viii. 272 Three different racial elements, best to be classified as primitive Mongoloid, Melanesoid and Eskimoid. Ibid. ix. 300 Another [racial] type{ddd}that of Chancelade, supposed to have eskimoid affinities. |