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Allophylian   Listen
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Allophylian, Allophylic  adj.  Pertaining to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Allophylian" Quotes from Famous Books



... tomin of Ningpo and zikas of Wenchow. Colonel Yule's 'some aboriginal tribe between Fo-kien and Che-kiang' are probably the zikas of Wenchow and the siapo of Fu-kien described by recent travellers. The zikas are locally called dogs' heads, which illustrates Colonel Yule's allophylian theories." (Parker, China Review, XIV. p. 359.) Cf. A Visit to the "Dog-Headed Barbarians" or Hill People, near Fu-chow, by Rev. F. Ohlinger, Chinese ...
— The Travels of Marco Polo, Volume 2 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa



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