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Xanthochroi

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Noun
  1. 1
    A division of the human population having fair skin and wavy blond hair. dated, plural, plural-only

    "The furthermost limit of the Xanthochroi north-westward is Iceland and the British Isles"

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Xanthochroi. alt-of, plural, plural-only

Etymology

Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley, from Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “fair, yellow, golden, blond”), and either χρώς (khrṓs, “skin”), or ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale”).

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