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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pygmy  \Pyg"my\,  n.;  pl  {Pygmies}.  [L.  pygmaeus,  Gr  ?,  fr  ? 
  the  fist,  a  measure  of  length,  the  distance  from  the  elbow  to 
  the  knuckles,  about  131  inches.  Cf  {Pugnacious},  {Fist}.] 
  [Written  also  {pigmy}.] 
  1.  (Class.  Myth.)  One  of  a  fabulous  race  of  dwarfs  who  waged 
  war  with  the  cranes,  and  were  destroyed. 
 
  2.  Hence  a  short,  insignificant  person;  a  dwarf. 




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