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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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