資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pygmy \Pyg"my\, Pygmean \Pyg*me"an\, a. [L. pygmaeus. See
   {Pygmy}.]
   Of or pertaining to a pygmy; resembling a pygmy or dwarf;
   dwarfish; very small. `` Like that Pygmean race.'' --Milton.

   {Pygmy antelope} (Zo["o]l.), the kleeneboc.

   {Pygmy goose} (Zo["o]l.), any species of very small geese of
      the genus {Nettapus}, native of Africa, India, and
      Australia.

   {Pygmy owl} (Zo["o]l.), the gnome.

   {Pygmy parrot} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of very
      small green parrots ({Nasitern[ae]}), native of New Guinea
      and adjacent islands. They are not larger than sparrows.