ARMENOID, a term devised by Deniker to indicate one of the three brunette sub-types of the broad-headed complex of white races. The Armenoid sub-type is very peculiar; it has the head abruptly flattened behind, especially in the Ararat mountain region peoples. The head is characterized by a very lofty vault with outward-drooping orbits, and the abrupt flattening of the back of the head has been erroneously ascribed to artificial de formation by both ancient and modern writers.