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Veddoid, n. and a. Physical Anthrop.|ˈvɛdɔɪd|
[f. Vedda + -oid.]
A. adj. Belonging or pertaining to a racial group of uncertain status typified by the Veddas of Sri Lanka, characterized by dark skins, short stature, and wavy hair, and occurring chiefly in parts of southern Asia.
B. n. A member of this group.
1948A. L. Kroeber Anthropology (ed. 2) iv. 139 The Veddoids are almost invariably culturally retarded hill or jungle people who evidently represent an old stratum of population pushed back by Caucasians or Mongoloids, or almost absorbed by them. 1956Nature 7 Jan. 41/2 The sickle cell trait was found to be present in a number of Veddoid communities of southern India. 1963S. Cole Races of Man vii. 85 The Veddoids are short, average stature 157 c.m., skin colour is chocolate brown, hair very wavy or curly. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XIX. 1081/1 Non-Mediterranean Veddoids (Australoids) are found as minorities [in Southern Yemen]. Ibid., The original islanders [of Socotra in the Arabian Sea], forming about half the population, are Veddoid. 1977G. Clark World Prehist. (ed. 3) vi. 260 Low-headed people [in the Indian sub-continent] with retreating foreheads, pronounced supraorbital ridges and relatively broad noses with depressed roots appear to be related to a Veddoid-Australoid stock of indigenous character. |