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Pygmy Definition

Pygmy (pig)

noun pl. -·mies

  1. any of several groups of small African or Asian peoples described in ancient history and legend
  2. a person belonging to any of several modern African (Negrillo) and Asian (Negrito) peoples of small stature
  3. any person, animal, or plant abnormally undersized; dwarf
  4. an insignificant person or thing

Etymology: ME pigmey < L pygmaeus < Gr pygmaios, of the length of the pygmē, forearm and fist, also fist: see pugnacious

adjective

  1. of the Pygmies
    1. very small
    2. insignificant

pygmy Synonyms

pygmy

n.

Pygmy Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • include: And Paul says it's like that for everyone - including the pygmy in Peru.
  • make: They know the need for multilateralism makes a pygmy of the U.S. military might.

Noun used with modifier

'the: I was 'the pygmy in deepest darkest Africa ' only I lived in Basingstoke.

Adjective modifier

  • African: Turnbull, Colin M. Wayward servants; the two worlds of the African Pygmies.
  • indigenous: The present populations go back to Nilotic and Bantu migrations as well as the indigenous pygmies.

Modifies a noun

  • seahorses: These are well worth checking out, for this is just the type of location where Pygmy Seahorses may be found!
  • hippopotamus: These forests are home to the forest elephant and the pygmy hippopotamus.
  • shrew: The mammal survey showed that wood mice live at Jumping Downs and pygmy shrew were found at some of the reptile survey sites!
  • cormorant: Pygmy Cormorant is highly restricted range species, its total population estimated between 50,000 to 60,000.
  • hippo: Pygmy hippos are extremely rare in the wild, mainly due to deforestation for the timber trade.
  • chimpanzee: The photo of two young male bonobos ( pygmy chimpanzees ) happily engaged in fellatio is particularly endearing.

Preposition: in

forest: Take the pygmy in the forest who has never been outside and seen the horizon.

Browse dictionary entries near Pygmy

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  2. Pygmalion
  3. pygmaean
  4. pygidium
  5. pyemia
  6. pyelonephritis
  7. pyelography
  8. pyelogram
  9. pyelitis
  10. pye-dog
  1. pygmy chimpanzee
  2. pygmyism
  3. pyjamas
  4. Pyke, Magnus
  5. pyknic
  6. pyknosis
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  8. pylon
  9. pylorectomy
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