pygmy

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  1. One of a fabulous race of dwarfs who waged war with the cranes, and were destroyed.

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  1. any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet
  2. an unusually small individual

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  • If a man stand but five feet eleven inches in his shoes, shall he be called a pygmy? —  Life of Cicero
  • He felt pygmy-like, crushed, stifled, so enormous was the mass. —  Startling Stories January, 1939
  • This conscience bullshit makes about as much sense as my pygmy Shut up, will ya, Werner? —  F ;SF; - vol 101 issue 06 - December 2001
  • The broad, stocky Fritzie looked like a pygmy by comparison. —  Prodigal genius - Tesla Biography
  • Few know that the species has split, yielding the "pygmy" chimp, the bonobo. —  F ;SF; - vol 096 issue 01 - January 1999
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marsupial ·  pigmy ·  ring-tailed ·  white-footed ·  albino ·  piebald ·  brush-tailed ·  midget ·  kender

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pygmy:   pygmies ·  Pygmy
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