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pygmy
(often capitalized, usually in the plural: Pygmies) A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature

The Bantu immigration drove many Pygmy tribes into the darkest jungle, while other Pygmies were reduced to cohabitation in a subservient status.

Like a pygmy; unusually short or small for its kind

Soil exhaustion ultimately produces a pygmy crop at best.

Relating or belonging to the Pygmy people

Most other children outgrow Pygmy adults well before puberty.

An insignificant person, at least in some respect

Despite his towering stature, the minister proved a political pygmy.

Any dwarfish person

Everyone looked like Pygmies whenever giant Joe joined his classmates.

{n} a kind of fabulous person, a dwarf
One of a fabulous race of dwarfs who waged war with the cranes, and were destroyed
A member of a race of dwarfs
One of a race of Central African Negritos found chiefly in the great forests of the equatorial belt
A pygmy is a member of a group of very short people who live in Africa or south-east Asia. the pygmy tribes of Papua New Guinea. used to describe a type of animal or plant that is much smaller than other similar types. Member of any human group whose adult males grow to less than 59 in. (150 cm) in average height. The name is also sometimes loosely applied to the San of southern Africa and the so-called Negrito peoples of Asia (such as the Philippine Ilongot). Besides their short stature, Pygmies are notable in having the highest basal-metabolism rate in the world and a high incidence of sickle-cell anemia. The Bambuti of the Ituri Forest are a well-studied example. See also race
an unusually small individual
Hence, a short, insignificant person; a dwarf
Of or pertaining to a pygmy; resembling a pygmy or dwarf; dwarfish; very small
Pygmy means belonging to a species of animal which is the smallest of a group of related species. Reaching a maximum height of 56cm the pygmy goat is essentially a pet
THey are the shortest of known races, the adults ranging from less than four to about five feet in stature
A member of various African peoples, notable for their short stature
{s} dwarfish, midget; miniature, tiny; very small
They are timid and shy, dwelling in the recesses of the forests, though often on good terms with neighboring Negroes
{i} unusually small person, dwarf; anything that is unusually small for its kind
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