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Negrillo

(nɪˈɡrɪləʊ)

n, pl -los or -loes

(Peoples) a member of a dwarfish Negroid race of central and southern Africa

[C19: from Spanish, diminutive of negro black]

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Ne•gril•lo

(nɪˈgrɪl oʊ)

n., pl. -los, (esp. collectively) -lo.

a member of any of various small-statured peoples of Africa, as a Pygmy.

[1850–55; < Sp negrillo, diminutive of negro black]

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