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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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigmy
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, ..."