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pygmiesnoun
Plural form of pygmy.
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pygmies
In anthropology, pygmy peoples are ethnic groups whose average height is unusually short. The term pygmyism is used to describe the phenotype of endemic short stature (as opposed to disproportionate dwarfism occurring in isolated cases in a population) for populations in which adult men are on average less than 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) tall.The term is primarily associated with the African Pygmies, the hunter-gatherers of the Congo Basin (comprising the Bambenga, Bambuti and Batwa).The terms "Asiatic Pygmies" and "Oceanian pygmies" have been used to describe the Negrito populations of Southeast Asia and Australo-Melanesian peoples of short stature. The Taron people of Myanmar are an exceptional case of a "pygmy" population of East Asian phenotype.
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Pygmies
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Pygmies
a fabulous people, their height 13½ inches, mentioned by Homer as dwelling on the shores of the ocean and attacked by cranes in spring-time, the theme of numerous stories.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Pygmies in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Pygmies in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of Pygmies in a Sentence
The world cannot continue to wage war like physical giants and to seek peace like intellectual pygmies.
Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
The fact is that we prepare for war like giants, and for peace like pygmies.
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- PygmäenGerman
- pygméesFrench
- pigmeiItalian
- PygmaeosLatin
- PigmeusPortuguese
- pigmeleriTurkish
- pygmiesVietnamese
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