pygmy
11pygmy — [[t]pɪ̱gmi[/t]] pygmies also pigmy 1) ADJ: ADJ n Pygmy means belonging to a species of animal which is the smallest of a group of related species. Reaching a maximum height of 56cm the pygmy goat is essentially a pet. 2) N COUNT A pygmy is a… …
12pygmy — I UK [ˈpɪɡmɪ] / US adjective a pygmy animal or plant belongs to a type that does not grow very big pygmy hippos/waterlilies II UK [ˈpɪɡmɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms pygmy : singular pygmy plural pygmies showing disapproval someone who is… …
13pygmy — also pigmy noun (plural pygmies; also pigmies) Etymology: Middle English pigmei, from Latin pygmaeus of a pygmy, dwarfish, from Greek pygmaios, from pygmē fist, measure of length more at pungent Date: 14th century 1. often capitalized any of a… …
14pygmy — pyg|my [ pıgmi ] adjective a pygmy animal or plant belongs to a type that does not grow very big: pygmy hippos/waterlilies …
15pygmy — (also pigmy) noun (plural pygmies) 1》 (Pygmy) a member of certain peoples of very short stature in equatorial Africa or parts of SE Asia. 2》 chiefly derogatory a very small person or thing. 3》 a person who is deficient in a particular respect: an …
16pygmy — noun (C) 1 also Pygmy a person belonging to a race of very small people, especially one of the tribes of central Africa 2 pygmy rabbit/hippo/elephant etc a very small type of rabbit, hippo etc …
17pygmy — noun (C) 1 also Pygmy a person belonging to a race of very small people, especially one of the tribes of central Africa 2 pygmy rabbit/hippo/elephant etc a very small type of rabbit, hippo etc …
18pygmy — noun 1) a Congo pygmy Syn: dwarf, midget, very small person, homunculus, manikin; Lilliputian; informal shrimp 2) an intellectual pygmy Syn: lightweight, mediocrity, nonentity, nobody, no name …
19Pygmy — UK [ˈpɪɡmɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms Pygmy : singular Pygmy plural Pygmies a member of a people who are of less than average height. Most Pygmies live in Central Africa or Southeast Asia. This word is now sometimes considered offensive …
20pygmy — A physiologic dwarf with normal serum levels of growth hormone and somatomedin and refractoriness to exogenous hormone; especially one of a race of similar people, such as the pygmies of central Africa. SYN: pigmy. [G. pygmaios, dwarfish, fr.… …
