Meaning of pygmy In English

• 0 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

• 1 someone who is not important or who has little skill:

  • a political pygmy

  • an intellectual pygmy

• 2 a member of one of several groups of very small people who live in Central Africa:

  • Pygmies average about 1.5 metres in height.

• 3 (of an animal or bird) one of a type which is smaller than animals or birds of that type usually are:

  • a pygmy hippopotamus

• 4 a member of one of several groups of very small people who live in central Africa