English Explanatory Dictionary

pygmoid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Resembling a pygmy; generally, shorter than other peoples but not short enough to be considered pygmies.
noun
  1. A person so resembling a pygmy, such as the Negritos of Asia and peoples of the Congo Basin with mixed Pygmy–Bantu ancestry.

Word forms

pygmoid more pygmoid most pygmoid pygmoids

Etymology

From pygmy + -oid.

Related words

Negrito
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