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Negro \Ne"gro\ (n[=e]"gr[-o]), n.; pl. {Negroes}
(n[=e]"gr[=o]z). [Sp. or Pg. negro, fr. negro black, L.
niger; perh. akin to E. night.]
A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark
persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and
are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and
thick protruding lips; also, any black person of unmixed
African blood, wherever found.
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2. A person of dark skin color descended at least in part
from African negroes; in the United States, an
{African-American}. [U.S. usage, sometimes considered
offensive.]
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Negro \Ne"gro\, a.
Of or pertaining to negroes; black.
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{Negro bug} (Zool.), a minute black bug common on the
raspberry and blackberry. It produces a very disagreeable
flavor.

{negro corn}, the Indian millet or durra; -- so called in the
West Indies. See {Durra}. --McElrath.

{Negro fly} (Zool.), a black dipterous fly ({Psila rosae})
which, in the larval state, is injurious to carrots; --
called also {carrot fly}.

{Negro head} (Com.), Cavendish tobacco. [Cant] --McElrath.

{Negro monkey} (Zool.), the {moor monkey}.
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