Scytho-Dravidian

Scytho-Dravidian
Scyth·o-Dra·vid·i·an (sĭth'ō-drə-vĭdʹē-ən, sĭth'-) adj.
Of or relating to an ethnic group of northwest India having mixed Iranian and Dravidian characteristics.
  [Scythian + Dravidian.]

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