pigmy
Meaning of pigmy
noun
- something that is very small.
they were pygmies compared to the current satellites
adjective
used in names of animals and plants that are much smaller than more typical kinds, e.g. pygmy shrew, pygmy water lily.
late Middle English (originally in the plural, denoting a mythological race of small people): via Latin from Greek pugmaios ‘dwarf’, from pugmē ‘the length measured from elbow to knuckles’ .
Information about pigmy
- The plural form of pigmy is: pigmies.
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Hyphenation of pigmy
pigmy
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- pigmy is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
pigmy synonyms
Meaning pygmy:
Meaning Pygmy:
Meaning a small free-swimming crustacean with an elongated body, typically marine and frequently of commercial importance as food:
Meaning a small pig or other animal, especially the smallest in a litter:
Meaning a very small human or humanoid creature:
Meaning a very small man:
Meaning a trivial or very small person or thing:
Meaning a salmon parr:
Meaning a very small person or fictional being:
Meaning something that is very small:
Meaning (in folklore or fantasy literature) a member of a mythical race of short, stocky humanlike creatures who are generally skilled in mining and metalworking:
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