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pygmean

pygmean

 

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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pygmy  \Pyg"my\,  Pygmean  \Pyg*me"an\,  a.  [L.  pygmaeus.  See 
  {Pygmy}.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  a  pygmy;  resembling  a  pygmy  or  dwarf; 
  dwarfish;  very  small  ``  Like  that  Pygmean  race.''  --Milton. 
 
  {Pygmy  antelope}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  kleeneboc. 
 
  {Pygmy  goose}  (Zo["o]l.),  any  species  of  very  small  geese  of 
  the  genus  {Nettapus},  native  of  Africa,  India,  and 
  Australia. 
 
  {Pygmy  owl}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  gnome. 
 
  {Pygmy  parrot}  (Zo["o]l.),  any  one  of  several  species  of  very 
  small  green  parrots  ({Nasitern[ae]}),  native  of  New  Guinea 
  and  adjacent  islands.  They  are  not  larger  than  sparrows.