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pygmy

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"Very small type"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɪɡmi/Part of speech nounSorted gmpyyStarts with PEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an unusually small individual

Word origin

From Latin Pygmaeī, from Ancient Greek πυγμαῖος (pugmaîos, “a member of a race of dwarves”), from πυγμή (pugmḗ, “fist (as small as a fist)”).

Used in a sentence

  • I've seen unicorns in Burma and a yeti in Nepal; / and I've danced with ten-foot Pygmies in a Montezuma Hall.
  • Although Pygmies are relatively protected against gene flow from other populations, many Pygmy tribes show extensive gene replacement and few have remained relatively unaltered.
  • It was so high up that the people walking about in the street below looked like pygmies.

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