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Webster 1913 Edition

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Adj.

[L.

pygmaeus

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Of or pertaining to a pygmy; resembling a pygmy or dwarf; dwarfish; very small.

“ Like that Pygmean race.”

Milton.

Pygmy antelope

(Zool.)

the kleeneboc.

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Pygmy goose

(Zool.)

any species of very small geese of the genus

Nettapus

, native of Africa, India, and Australia.

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Pygmy owl

(Zool.)

the gnome.

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Pygmy parrot

(Zool.)

any one of several species of very small green parrots (

Nasiternæ

), native of New Guinea and adjacent islands. They are not larger than sparrows.