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Negrito

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Noun
  1. 1
    Either of two species of bird in the genus Lessonia.
  2. 2
    A member of a class of several ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia.
  3. 3
    A Mexican shrub of the vervain family, Citharexylum berlandieri.

Etymology

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish negrito (“short dark-skinned person”), from negro (“black person; dark-skinned person”) + -ito (“small; short; little”, diminutive suffix).

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