/nee an"deuhr thaw'loyd, -taw'-, -tah'-; nay ahn"deuhr tah'loyd/ , Anthropol.
adj.
1. resembling or characteristic of the physical type of Neanderthal man.
n.
2. a fossil human having characteristics like those of Neanderthal man.
[ 1885-90; NEANDERTHAL + -OID ]