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 owl
a pygmy hippopotamus
1 someone who is not important or who has little skill: --
an intellectual pygmy
a political pygmy
2 a member of one of several groups of very small people who live in Central Africa: --
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 --