pygmoid

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adjective

Resembling a pygmy; generally, shorter than other peoples but not short enough to be considered pygmies.

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Meanings

adjectivepygmoid (comparative more pygmoid, superlative most pygmoid)

comparative more pygmoid · superlative most pygmoid

  1. Resembling a pygmy; generally, shorter than other peoples but not short enough to be considered pygmies.
nounpygmoid (plural pygmoids)

plural pygmoids

  1. A person so resembling a pygmy, such as the Negritos of Asia and peoples of the Congo Basin with mixed Pygmy–Bantu ancestry.

Origin

From pygmy + -oid.

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APA

pygmoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pygmoid

MLA

“pygmoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pygmoid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pygmoid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pygmoid.

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