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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a pygmy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing certain ethnic groups, particularly those from Central Africa, or in a metaphorical sense to describe something small or diminutive.
Example: "The documentary highlighted the culture and traditions of a pygmy tribe living in the rainforest."
Alternatives: "a small person" or "a diminutive individual".
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What's a pygmy?
He is a Pygmy.
It's a Pygmy dish".
Here's a pygmy bee hunter in Congo.
But it is a pygmy beside Serbia's ruthless army.
But they were not a pygmy form of modern humans.
But it remains a pygmy compared with the governing party.
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These include several trogons, chesnut-headed motmots, and a pygmy owl.
There, sitting beside the Cotoneaster horizontalis, was a pygmy shrew, Ireland's smallest mammal.
Provide vitamin A. Pygmy goats need vitamin A in their diets to keep up their health.
But what is the difference between a pygmy footprint and a child's?
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