Pigmy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Pigmy	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Pigmy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pigmy n an unusually small individual Synonym(s): pygmy, pigmy any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet Synonym(s): Pygmy, Pigmy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pigmy \Pig"my\, n. See {Pygmy}. {Pigmy falcon}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Falconet}, 2 (a) .
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pygmy \Pyg"my\, n.; pl. {Pygmies}. [L. pygmaeus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] the fist, a measure of length, the distance from the elbow to the knuckles, about 131 inches. Cf. {Pugnacious}, {Fist}.] [Written also {pigmy}.] 1. (Class. Myth.) One of a fabulous race of dwarfs who waged war with the cranes, and were destroyed. 2. Hence, a short, insignificant person; a dwarf.