Mongolian fold
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Mongolian fold
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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There is a slight decrease, in the Tinguian groups, of eyes showing the Mongolian fold, but in the Apayao the percentage again equals that of the Ilocano.
From The Tinguian Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe by Fay-Cooper Cole
The Mongolian fold is very slight in 2.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon
Mongolian fold slightly developed in about 25 per cent.
From The Tinguian Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe by Fay-Cooper Cole
As far as my observations go, the Mongolian fold is very slight with the natives of Borneo, or not present at all, and the obliquity of the eyes is seldom striking.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
Mongolian fold slightly developed in one third of cases.
From The Tinguian Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe by Fay-Cooper Cole
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