Ne*gri"tos (?), n. pl.; sing Negrito . [Sp., dim. of negro black.] Ethnol.

A degraded Papuan race, inhabiting Luzon and some of the other east Indian Islands. They resemble negroes, but are smaller in size. They are mostly nomads.

 

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