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   pygmy

   /ˈpɪɡmi/

   noun

   • 1. a member of certain peoples of very short stature in equatorial Africa and parts of SE Asia.
   • 2. something that is very small: derogatory "they were pygmies compared to the current satellites"
   • ▪ a person who is insignificant or lacks ability in a particular respect: "he regarded them as intellectual pygmies"

   adjective

   • 1. used in names of animals and plants that are much smaller than more typical kinds, e.g. pygmy shrew, pygmy water lily.
   • ▪ very small or insignificant.

   Word Origin late Middle English (originally in the plural, denoting a mythological race of small people): via Latin from Greek pugmaios ‘dwarf’, from pugmē ‘the length measured from elbow to knuckles’.

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • P

     3

   • Y

     4

   • G

     2

   • M

     3

   • Y

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