Associations to the word «Pygmies»

Wiktionary

PYGMY, noun. (often capitalized, usually in the plural: Pygmies) A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature
PYGMY, noun. (Greek mythology) A member of a race of dwarfs
PYGMY, noun. (figuratively) Any dwarfish person
PYGMY, noun. (figuratively) An insignificant person, at least in some respect
PYGMY, adjective. Relating or belonging to the Pygmy people
PYGMY, adjective. Like a pygmy; unusually short or small for its kind
PYGMY BACKSWIMMER, noun. Any insect in the family Pleidae
PYGMY BACKSWIMMERS, noun. Plural of pygmy backswimmer
PYGMY CHIMPANZEE, noun. A bonobo, Pan paniscus.
PYGMY CHIMPANZEES, noun. Plural of pygmy chimpanzee
PYGMY GIANT PANDA, noun. The earliest known ancestor of the giant panda, Ailuropoda microta, now extinct.
PYGMY HIPPOPOTAMUS, noun. A large four-toed, four-legged mammal native to western Africa, similar to but half the height of the common hippopotamus.
PYGMY MARMOSET, noun. A small monkey, Cebuella pygmaea, native to South American rainforests.
PYGMY SPERM WHALE, noun. One of the two small whales in the sperm whale family, Kogia breviceps.
PYGMY SPERM WHALES, noun. Plural of pygmy sperm whale

Dictionary definition

PYGMY, noun. An unusually small individual.
PYGMY, noun. Any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet.

Wise words

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