Melanesid
English
Etymology
From
Melanesia
+
-id
.
Noun
Melanesid
(
plural
Melanesids
)
(
anthropology
,
historical
)
A proposed
subrace
of the
Australoid
race, coined by
Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt
in 1934.
Synonym:
Melanesian
See also
Australid
Negritid
Polynesid
Veddoid