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pygmy

[pig-mee] / ˈpɪg mi /
NOUN
anything small of its kind
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She has also conducted workshops and sold merchandise — from art prints to T-shirts to washi tape — at such spots as Leanna Lin’s Wonderland, Popkiller and Pygmy Hippo Shoppe.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Pygmy hippos are much smaller than their river cousins and critically endangered, with fewer than 2,500 believed to remain in the wild.

From Salon • Jul. 13, 2025

Pygmy slow loris are a species of primate that comes from the rainforests and bamboo thickets of Vietnam, Laos, eastern Cambodia and southern China.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2025

Hannan's Pygmy Squid, Kodama jujutsu, is a newly discovered species within a whole new genus.

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2023

As he was ducking toward the drinks table, he walked straight into Ginny, Arnold the Pygmy Puff riding on her shoulder and Crookshanks mewing hopefully at her heels.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling