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Pig·my N ADJ

Pigmy → pygmy

See also pygmy , pygmy

pygmy N

I . pyg·my [ˈpigmi:] N pej

1. pygmy (short person):

Zwerg(in) m (f)
Liliputaner(in) m (f)

2. pygmy fig pej (insignificant person):

Zwerg(in) m (f) fig pej
Wicht m fig pej

II . pyg·my [ˈpigmi:] ADJ attr, inv

Zwerg-
Zwerg-
pygmy lamp ELEC
Zwerglampe f spec

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
At first the vet thought he was a pigmy hedgehog which are quite common -- they have a short nose and just four toes.
www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk
He and other pigmies possess unrivaled knowledge of the forest that both poachers and protectors look to exploit.
www.cnn.com
They found that the female pigmy swordtail fish favored larger sized males, indicating that females changed their preference from small males to large males.
en.wikipedia.org
It is for giants, not pigmies, and to emphasise the fact they have just spent the winter making it much tougher.
www.independent.co.uk
But unlike the reset of the land surrounding, it is only covered with grasses and a few smalls pockets of pigmy forests.
en.wikipedia.org
The anoa is a species of pigmy buffalo, and they are the smallest of the wild cattle.
www.washingtonpost.com
All of which rather draws attention to the paucity of our own modern-day screen pigmies.
www.herald.ie
There are many species of monkeys, and you then have things like pigmy hippos and forest giraffes.
www.bbc.co.uk

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