pigmy
/ˈpɪɡmi/
adjective
- Very small in size; dwarf or miniature.
- We saw a pygmy owl perched on a fence post near the trail.
- She bought a pygmy goat for her small farm because it doesn't need much space.
- The pygmy rabbit is the smallest rabbit species in North America.
- Relating to the Pygmy peoples or their culture.
- The museum has an exhibit on Pygmy music and dance traditions.
- Pygmy languages are part of the larger Niger-Congo family.
- He wrote a book about Pygmy hunting techniques in the rainforest.
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noun
- A member of a group of very short people from certain parts of Africa or Southeast Asia.
- Anthropologists have studied the traditions of the African Pygmies for decades.
- The forest provides everything the Pygmies need for food, shelter, and medicine.
- The Pygmy people of the Congo rainforest have a rich cultural heritage.
- A very small person, animal, or thing; a dwarf or miniature version.
- The pygmy hippopotamus is much smaller than its larger relative.
- The pygmy marmoset is one of the smallest monkeys in the world.
- My garden has a pygmy variety of sunflower that only grows two feet tall.
- A person regarded as insignificant or unimportant, especially in a particular field.
- The new author was dismissed as a literary pygmy by the critics.
- Compared to the great scientists of the past, he felt like a pygmy.
- In the world of chess, even a grandmaster can feel like a pygmy next to a champion.
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