pygmyadjective [ before noun ]
also pigmy uk/ˈpɪɡ.mi/us/ˈpɪɡ.mi/A pygmy animal or bird is one of a type that is smaller than animals or birds of that type usually are:
a pygmy hippopotamus
a pygmy owl
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Small
- baby
- bijou
- bite-sized
- claustrophobic
- compact
- diminutive
- dinky
- elfin
- modest
- on the large, small, etc. side idiom
- petite
- pint-sized
- pocket handkerchief
- pocket-sized
- poky
- portable
- side
- skimpy
- undersized
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pygmynoun [ C ]
also pigmy uk/ˈpɪɡ.mi/us/ˈpɪɡ.mi/disapprovingsomeone who is not important or who has little skill:
a political pygmy
an intellectual pygmy
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People of little importance
- a cog in a/the machine idiom
- be past your sell-by date idiom
- cannon fodder
- cipher
- inferior
- lightweight
- mediocrity
- minnow
- nothing
- past
- pawn
- pipsqueak
- plaything
- poor
- poor relation idiom
- small fry
- waste
- waste of space idiom
- waster
- worm
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