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Definition of: pigmy
(pig′mē) adjective
Diminutive; dwarfish: also pig·me′an.
—noun plural ·mies A dwarf. Also spelled pygmy. [<L pygmaeus <Gk. pygmaios dwarfish, a dwarf <pygmē, the length from elbow to knuckles]
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