pygmy
/ˈpɪɡmi/
adjective
- Very small in size; dwarf.
- We saw a pygmy elephant at the wildlife sanctuary, much smaller than the African elephants.
- The pygmy rabbit is the smallest rabbit species in North America.
- The pygmy owl is a tiny bird that hunts insects and small rodents.
- Insignificant or inferior in importance or quality.
- His pygmy efforts at fundraising barely covered the costs.
- She gave a pygmy performance that failed to impress the judges.
- The company's pygmy profits were a disappointment to investors.
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noun
- A member of a group of very short people from parts of Africa or Southeast Asia.
- The documentary explored the daily life of a Pygmy community in the rainforest.
- Anthropologists have studied the traditional hunting methods of the Pygmies for decades.
- The Pygmy peoples of the Congo Basin have a rich cultural tradition of music and storytelling.
- A very small person or thing; a dwarf.
- The pygmy hippopotamus is much smaller than its larger relative.
- In the garden, we found a pygmy variety of sunflower that only grows a foot tall.
- The pygmy marmoset is one of the smallest monkeys in the world.
- An insignificant or unimpressive person, often used in a critical way.
- Compared to the great scientists of the past, he felt like a pygmy.
- The critic called the new novel a pygmy next to the author's earlier masterpiece.
- She dismissed the politician as a moral pygmy with no real principles.
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