Associations to the word «Pygmy»

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

PYGMY, noun. An unusually small individual.

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