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pigmy


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pigmy  \Pig"my\,  n. 
  See  {Pygmy}. 
 
  {Pigmy  falcon}.  (Zo["o]l.)  Same  as  {Falconet},  2 
  a  . 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pygmy  \Pyg"my\,  n.;  pl  {Pygmies}.  [L.  pygmaeus,  Gr  ?,  fr  ? 
  the  fist,  a  measure  of  length,  the  distance  from  the  elbow  to 
  the  knuckles,  about  131  inches.  Cf  {Pugnacious},  {Fist}.] 
  [Written  also  {pigmy}.] 
  1.  (Class.  Myth.)  One  of  a  fabulous  race  of  dwarfs  who  waged 
  war  with  the  cranes,  and  were  destroyed. 
 
  2.  Hence  a  short,  insignificant  person;  a  dwarf. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pigmy 
  n  1:  an  unusually  small  individual  [syn:  {pygmy}] 
  2:  any  member  of  various  peoples  having  an  average  height  of 
  less  than  five  feet  [syn:  {Pygmy},  {Pigmy}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  PIGMY,  n.  One  of  a  tribe  of  very  small  men  found  by  ancient  travelers 
  in  many  parts  of  the  world,  but  by  modern  in  Central  Africa  only.  The 
  Pigmies  are  so  called  to  distinguish  them  from  the  bulkier  Caucasians 
  --  who  are  Hogmies 
 
 




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