Mongoliformadj.
/mɒŋˈɡɒlᵻfɔːm/, U.S. /mɑŋˈɡɑləˌfɔrm/, /mɑŋˈɡoʊləˌfɔrm/, /mɑnˈɡoʊləˌfɔrm/ Having a form or appearance characteristic of the Mongoloid peoples.
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1851–2 W. B. Carpenter in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. 1355/1 The cranium is Mongoliform and brachycephalic.
1885 J. Beddoe Races of Brit. iii. 29 The long-headed dark races of the Mediterranean stock, possibly mingled with the fragments of still more ancient races, Mongoliform or Allophylian.
1963 Current Anthropol. 4 71/1 Eskimos and American Indians are Mongoliform.
1985 Science 15 Nov. 801 Data show that the evolution from Homo Erectus to the present Mongoliform morphology was continuous in China.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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