Definition of Pigmy

1. Noun. An unusually small individual.

Exact synonyms: Pygmy
Generic synonyms: Small Person

2. Noun. Any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet.
Exact synonyms: Pygmy
Generic synonyms: Small Person

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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