Neanderthaloid

American  

[nee-an-der-thaw-loid, -taw-, -tah-, ney-ahn-der-tah-loid] / niˈæn dərˌθɔ lɔɪd, -ˌtɔ-, -ˌtɑ-, neɪˈɑn dərˌtɑ lɔɪd /

adjective

1. resembling or characteristic of the physical type of Neanderthal man.

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noun

1. a fossil human having characteristics like those of Neanderthal man.

Etymology

Origin of Neanderthaloid

First recorded in 1885–90; Neanderthal + -oid

Example Sentences

Some of them blended with bulky Neanderthaloid types, produced a fairly stable hybrid group.

From Time Magazine Archive

And, if the differences between the Neanderthaloid men and ourselves could be divided into as many parts as that time contains centuries, the progress from part to part would probably be almost imperceptible.

From Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of T. H. Huxley by Huxley, T. H.

Neanderthaloid, nē-an′dėr-tal-oid, adj. like the low type of skull found in 1857 in a cave in the Neanderthal, a valley between D�sseldorf and Elberfeld.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various