| 释义 |
la·goa san·ta man
\ləˈgōəˈsantə-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized L&S
Etymology: from Lagoa Santa, city in Brazil, near where the remains were found
: an extinct So. American man with a markedly long, narrow, and high-vaulted cranium known from skeletal remains found in Brazilian caves and originally regarded as an extremely primitive human type but now usually held to be a product of inbreeding of the original Mongoloid American stock |