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CIDE DICTIONARY

pygmean, a. [L. pygmaeus. See Pygmy.].

Of or pertaining to a pygmy; resembling a pygmy or dwarf; dwarfish; very small. Milton. [1913 Webster]

Pygmy antelope (Zoöl.), the kleeneboc. -- Pygmy goose (Zoöl.), any species of very small geese of the genus Nettapus, native of Africa, India, and Australia. -- Pygmy owl (Zoöl.), the gnome. -- Pygmy parrot (Zoöl.), any one of several species of very small green parrots (Nasiternæ), native of New Guinea and adjacent islands. They are not larger than sparrows.