From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pygmy \Pyg"my\, Pygmean \Pyg*me"an\, a. [L. pygmaeus. See
Pygmy.]
Of or pertaining to a pygmy; resembling a pygmy or dwarf;
dwarfish; very small. " Like that Pygmean race." --Milton.
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Pygmy antelope (Zool.), the kleeneboc.
Pygmy goose (Zool.), any species of very small geese of the
genus Nettapus, native of Africa, India, and Australia.
Pygmy owl (Zool.), the gnome.
Pygmy parrot (Zool.), any one of several species of very
small green parrots ({Nasitern[ae]}), native of New Guinea
and adjacent islands. They are not larger than sparrows.
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