From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
bantam
adj : very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of
drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the
flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"
[syn: diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite,
tiny, flyspeck]
n : any of various small breeds
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bantam \Ban"tam\, n.
A variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs,
probably brought from Bantam, a district of Java.
[1913 Webster]