pygmy : Idioms & Phrases

• (Zoöl.), the kleeneboc.

Webster 1913

• noun small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species
  Pan paniscus; bonobo.
  

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• a species of anthropoid ape (Pan paniscus) resembling the chimpanzee, but somewhat smaller; also called bonobo. It is considered (1996) as having the closest genetic relationship to humans of any other animal. It is found in forests in Zaire, and is an endangered species.

Webster 1913

• noun rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress
  Cupressus pigmaea; Cupressus goveniana pigmaea.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any species of very small geese of the genus Nettapus, native of Africa, India, and Australia.

Webster 1913

• noun the smallest monkey; of tropical forests of the Amazon
  Cebuella pygmaea.
  

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• noun very small dark greyish brown mouse resembling a house mouse; of Texas and Mexico
  Baiomys taylori.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the gnome.

Webster 1913

• (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.

Webster 1913

• noun small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North America
  Kogia breviceps.
  

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