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pygmies |
1 definition found 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.
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