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pygmy
Universal Words
(also pigmy) noun, adjective
noun (plural pygmies)
1 (Pygmy) a member of a race of very short people living in parts of Africa and SE Asia
2 (disapproving) a very small person or thing or one that is weak in some way:
He regarded them as intellectual pygmies.
adjective [onlybeforenoun] used to describe a plant or SPECIES (= type) of animal that is much smaller than other similar kinds:
a pygmy shrew
