Pygmies synonyms

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elves
A small, often mischievous creature considered to have magical powers.
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dwarves
(Astronomy) A star of relatively small size.
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shrimps
(Informal) A small or insignificant person
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runts
(Derogatory) A short person.
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midgets
(Loosely) Any small swarming insect similar to the mosquito; a midge
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gnomes
(Folklore) Any of a race of small, misshapen, dwarflike beings that dwell in the earth and guard its treasures
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  • The main portion therefore of the inhabitants of the forest zone are agriculturists, save only the nomad Pygmies, who live in the inmost recesses of the forest and support themselves by hunting the game with which it abounds.

  • There were crude medieval notions that fossils were " freaks " or " sports " of nature (lusus naturae), or that they represented failures of a creative force within the earth (a notion of Greek and Arabic origin), or that larger and smaller fossils represented the remains of races of giants or of pygmies (the mythical idea).

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