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pygmy    音标拼音: [p'ɪgmi]
n. 矮人,侏儒,小妖精
a. 微小的,矮人的

矮人,侏儒,小妖精微小的,矮人的

pygmy
n 1: an unusually small individual [synonym: {pygmy}, {pigmy}]
2: any member of various peoples having an average height of
less than five feet [synonym: {Pygmy}, {Pigmy}]

Pygmy \Pyg"my\, Pygmean \Pyg*me"an\, a. [L. pygmaeus. See
{Pygmy}.]
Of or pertaining to a pygmy; resembling a pygmy or dwarf;
dwarfish; very small. " Like that Pygmean race." --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

{Pygmy antelope} (Zool.), the kleeneboc.

{Pygmy goose} (Zool.), any species of very small geese of the
genus {Nettapus}, native of Africa, India, and Australia.


{Pygmy owl} (Zool.), the gnome.

{Pygmy parrot} (Zool.), any one of several species of very
small green parrots ({Nasitern[ae]}), native of New Guinea
and adjacent islands. They are not larger than sparrows.
[1913 Webster]


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.
[1913 Webster]

2. Hence, a short, insignificant person; a dwarf.
[1913 Webster]

3. One of a race of Central African Negritos found chiefly in
the great forests of the equatorial belt. They are the
shortest of known races, the adults ranging from less than
four to about five feet in stature. They are timid and
shy, dwelling in the recesses of the forests, though often
on good terms with neighboring Negroes.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Pygmies are pygmies still, though perched on Alps.
And pyramids are pyramids in vales. --Young.
[1913 Webster]

81 Moby Thesaurus words for "pygmy":
American Indian, Amerind, Australian aborigine, Bushman, Caucasian,
Indian, Lilliputian, Malayan, Mister Charley, Mongolian, Negrillo,
Negrito, Negro, Oriental, Red Indian, Tom Thumb, WASP, bitsy,
black, black man, blackfellow, boy, brown man, brownie, burrhead,
colored person, coon, darky, diminutive, dumpy, dwarf, dwarfed,
dwarfish, elf, elfin, gnome, gook, homunculus, honky, incipient,
jigaboo, jungle bunny, lilliputian, manikin, meager, midge, midget,
minikin, nanoid, nigger, niggra, ofay, paleface, peewee,
pip-squeak, pocket-size, red man, redskin, rudimental, rudimentary,
runt, runty, scraggy, scrubby, shrimp, shriveled, shrunk, shrunken,
slant-eye, spade, squat, stunted, the Man, undersize, undersized,
wart, white, white man, whitey, wizened, yellow man


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  • Pygmy peoples - Wikipedia
    Most pygmy communities are partially hunter-gatherers, living partially but not exclusively on the wild products of their environment They trade with neighbouring farmers to acquire cultivated foods and other material items; no group lives deep in the forest without access to agricultural products [11]
  • Pygmy | Hunter-Gatherers, Rainforest, Central Africa | Britannica
    Pygmy, in anthropology, member of any human group whose adult males grow to less than 59 inches (150 cm) in average height A member of a slightly taller group is termed pygmoid
  • Pygmy - New World Encyclopedia
    Definition Generally speaking, pygmy can refer to any human or animal of unusually small size (e g pygmy hippopotamus) In an anthropological context, however, a Pygmy is specifically a member of one of the hunter-gatherer people living in equatorial rainforests, characterized by their short height (less than 4 5 feet, on average)
  • Pygmy peoples explained
    The term pygmyism is used to describe the phenotype of endemic short stature (as opposed to disproportionate dwarfism occurring in isolated cases in a population) for populations in which adult men are on average less than 150cm (60inches) tall [1]
  • PYGMY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of PYGMY is any of a race of dwarfs described by ancient Greek authors How to use pygmy in a sentence
  • Pygmy: Definition, Examples Quiz | UltimateLexicon. com
    Pygmy generally refers to members of certain indigenous populations of Africa and Southeast Asia, characterized by their relatively short stature By broader anthropological convention, pygmies are defined as indigenous people whose average height is less than 150 centimeters (4 feet, 11 inches)
  • 17 Pygmy Animals From Elephants To Seahorses - TRVST
    Pygmy animals represent a group of significantly smaller and tiny animals Some of these animals are endangered because of habitat loss and destruction, predation by humans and other animals of prey, and the exotic pet trade
  • African Pygmies
    "Pygmy", a term with numerous mythological and ethnographic referents, derives from the Greek word Pygmaîos (via the Latin Pygmaeus), meaning approximately "one cubit high" (slightly less than 50 cm, or 18 inches, the distance from the elbow to the knuckles or fingertips)
  • African Pygmies, whats behind a name? - PMC
    First, the prevalent historical use of the single exogenous term “Pygmy” to designate more than twenty human groups from the Congo Basin, de facto suggests that common historical, cultural, and even biological or morphological features are shared by Central African Pygmies
  • Pygmy hippopotamus - Wikipedia
    The pygmy hippopotamus or pygmy hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis) is a small hippopotamid which is native to the forests and swamps of West Africa, primarily in Liberia, with small populations in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Ivory Coast





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