Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pigmy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pigmy \Pig"my\, n.
See {Pygmy}.
{Pigmy falcon}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Falconet}, 2
(a) .
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pygmy \Pyg"my\, n.; pl. {Pygmies}. [L. pygmaeus, Gr. ?, fr. ?
the fist, a measure of length, the distance from the elbow to
the knuckles, about 131 inches. Cf. {Pugnacious}, {Fist}.]
[Written also {pigmy}.]
1. (Class. Myth.) One of a fabulous race of dwarfs who waged
war with the cranes, and were destroyed.
2. Hence, a short, insignificant person; a dwarf.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pigmy
n 1: an unusually small individual [syn: {pygmy}]
2: any member of various peoples having an average height of
less than five feet [syn: {Pygmy}, {Pigmy}]
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