pygmy

     

Pygmies (singular: Pygmy) refers to various Nilo-Saharan an Niger-Congo speaking peoples of central Africa whose adults have an average height of 150 centimeters (4 feet 11 inches) or shorter. The term is also sometimes applied to the so-called Negrito peoples living in isolated parts of Southeast Asia, and occasionally indiscriminately to individuals of unusually short stature.

Trivia about pygmy

  • In the "Iliad" this dwarven race from Africa fought against cranes who destroyed their fields
  • Name given to both the smallest rabbit & the smallest shrew on the North American continent
  • Originally a Greek unit of length, Homer used this word to describe a race of small folk dwelling in a southern land
  • This word applied to many types of itty-bitty critters is the species of marmoset seen here

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