英语词汇“pigmean”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

单词

pigmean

释义

pygmy or pigmy /pigˈmi/

noun

A member of any of the unusually short-statured human races (Negritos, Negrillos and others)
A dwarf
Any person, animal or thing relatively diminutive or in some way insignificant
A person of low moral, etc stature
An anthropoid ape (obsolete)
One of the ancient diminutive people who lived in underground houses, etc in whom some scholars see the historical origins of the fairies and elves of folklore
An elf
Orig a member of a race of dwarfs said by Homer and other ancient writers to have lived in N Africa and to have fought and been destroyed by cranes (mythology)

adjective

ORIGIN: Gr pygmaios measuring a pygmē (131/2 inches, the distance from elbow to knuckles)

pygmaean or pigmaean, pygmean or pigmean /pig-mēˈən/ adjective

pygˈmoid or pigˈmoid adjective

pygmy chimpanzee see bonobo

pygmy goose noun

Any of three small ducks (not geese) of the genus Nettapus, found in Africa, S Asia and Australasia

pygmy shrew noun

A small shrew with a brown coat and pale underparts

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