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Pygmy
(redirected from pygmean)

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Pyg·my also Pig·my  (pgm)
n. pl. Pyg·mies also Pig·mies
1. Greek Mythology A member of a race of dwarfs.
2. also pygmy A member of any of various peoples, especially of equatorial Africa and parts of southeast Asia, having an average height less than 5 feet (152 centimeters). Not in scientific use.
3. pygmy
a. An individual of unusually small size.
b. An individual considered to be of little or no importance.
adj.
1. also pygmy Of or relating to the Pygmies. Not in scientific use.
2. pygmy
a. Unusually or atypically small.
b. Unimportant; trivial.

[Middle English pigmie, from Latin Pygmae, the Pygmies, from Greek Pugmaioi, from pugm, cubit, fist; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]

pygmy, pigmy [ˈpɪgmɪ]
n pl -mies
1. (Medicine) an abnormally undersized person
2. something that is a very small example of its type
3. a person of little importance or significance
4. (modifier) of very small stature or size
[C14 pigmeis the Pygmies, from Latin Pygmaeus a Pygmy, from Greek pugmaios undersized, from pugmē fist]
pygmaean , pygmean [pɪgˈmiːən] adj

Pygmy, Pigmy [ˈpɪgmɪ]
n pl -mies
(Social Science / Peoples) a member of one of the dwarf peoples of Equatorial Africa, noted for their hunting and forest culture
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Pygmypygmy - an unusually small individual        
small person - a person of below average size
2.Pygmy - any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet
small person - a person of below average size
Translations
pygmy [ˈpɪgmɪ]
A. Npigmeo/a m/f (fig) → enano/a m/f
B. CPDpigmeo (fig) → miniatura, minúsculo

pygmy [ˈpɪgmi]
npygmée m/f
modif [goat, hippopotamus] → nain(e)

pygmy, pigmy
n
PygmyPygmäe m
(= small person, also fig) → Zwerg m
adj
PygmyPygmäen-; Pygmy tribePygmäenvolk nt
Zwerg-; pygmy goatZwergziege f

pygmy [ˈpɪgmɪ] npigmeo/a
pygmy [ˈpɪgmɪ] npigmeo/a

pygmy
n pygmy, pigmy [ˈpigmi]
a member of an African race of very small people. pigmee قَزَم пигмей Pygmej pygmæ der Pygmäe, die Pygmäin πυγμαίος pigmeo pügmee عضو هریک از نژاد های کوتاه قد آفریقا pygmi pygmée מִשֶבֶט הַפִּיגמִים पिग्मी pigmeus; törpe pigmi pygmÿi (dvergsvertingi) pigmeo ピグミー族 피그미 인종 pigmėjas pigmejs org kerdil pygmee pygmé pigmej pigmeu pigmeu пигмей Pygmej pigmejec pigmej pygmé คนแคระในทวีปแอฟริกาตอนใต้ Pigme 非洲的一個矮小種族,俾格米人 пігмей افريقہ کي ايک ٹھگني نسل کا فرد، بونا người lùn ,俾


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