	Site Map \| FAQ in Daily Almanac for May 27, 2012
Skip Navigation Home Asian Pacific American Heritage Atlas Encyclopedia Dictionary Thesaurus Features Quizzes Timelines Countries

Fact Monster Kid's reference,
games, quizzes

Editor's Favorites

| Share

Dictionary

Pyg•my

Pronunciation: (pig'mē), [key]
—n., pl. -mies,
—adj.

—n.
1. Anthropol.
a. a member of a small-statured people native to equatorial Africa.
b. a Negrito of southeastern Asia, or of the Andaman or Philippine islands.
2. (l.c.) a small or dwarfish person.
3. (l.c.) anything very small of its kind.
4. (l.c.) a person who is of small importance, or who has some quality, attribute, etc., in very small measure.
5. Class. Myth.(in the Iliad) one of a race of dwarfs who fought battles with cranes, who preyed on them and destroyed their fields.

—adj.
1. (often l.c.) of or pertaining to the Pygmies.
2. (l.c.) of very small size, capacity, power, etc. Also,Pigmy.

Pygmalion

pygmy chimpanzee

See also:

Pygmy (Thesaurus)
Pygmy (Encyclopedia)

Dictionary

Pyg•my

Related Content