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Negrito

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Ne·gri·to  (n-grt)
n. pl. Ne·gri·tos or Ne·gri·toes
Anthropology A member of any of various peoples of short stature inhabiting parts of Malaysia, the Philippines, and southeast Asia.
[Spanish, diminutive of negro, Black person; see Negro.]
Negrito [nɪˈgriːtəʊ]
n pl -tos, -toes
(Social Science / Peoples) a member of any of various dwarfish Negroid peoples of SE Asia and Melanesia
[from Spanish, diminutive of negro black]
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