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Definition of Pigmy

1. Noun. An unusually small individual.

2. Noun. Any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet.

Definition of Pigmy

1. n. See Pygmy.

Definition of Pigmy

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of pygmy) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pigmy

1. pygmy [n -MIES] - See also: pygmy

Medical Definition of Pigmy

1. See Pygmy. Pigmy falcon. Same as Falconet, 2 . Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigmy

pigmented layer of iris pigmented layer of retina pigmented liver pigmented part of retina pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatosis pigmented retinal epithelium pigmented villonodular synovitis pigmenting pigmentocracy pigmentolysin

pigmentous pigments pigmentum nigrum pigmies pigmoid pigmy (current term) pigmy talinum pignoli pignolia pignolias

pignolis pignora pignoration pignorations pignorative pignose turtle pignus pignut pignut hickory pignuts

Literary usage of Pigmy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1886)
"ON A SPECIES OF pigmy SHREW. I would call the attention of Naturalists to the ... The pigmy Shrews are a dwarf race, generally found in the hilly parts of ..."

2. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"According to Mr. Hodgson " the pigmy hog is about the size of a large hare, and extremely resembles both in form and size a young pig of the ordinary wild ..."

3. In Darkest Africa: Or, The Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... Bonny measures a pigmy—History and dress of the pigmies—A conversation by gesture—The pigmy's wife—Monkeys and other animals in the forest —The clearing ..."

4. In Darkest Africa, Or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... Bonny measures a pigmy—History and dress of the pigmies—A conversation by gesture—The pigmy's wife—Monkeys and other animals in the forest —The clearing ..."

5. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1885)
"THE pigmy RACKS. ... Our first informant, Homer, speaks of the cranes, in their winter migration, as bearing war and death to the pigmy race. ..."

6. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1907)
"The Sumatran and Bornean animals are here described as distinct as well as the one from Banka. Key to the species of pigmy Squirrels of the ..."

7. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1885)
"Our first informant, Homer, speaks of the cranes, in their winter migration-, as bearing war and death to the pigmy race. This must have been in Africa, ..."

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