pygmy Definition

any of a race of dwarfs described by ancient Greek authors

any of a small people of equatorial Africa ranging under five feet (1.5 meters) in height

an unusually small person

any of a race of dwarfs described by ancient Greek authors

any of a small people of equatorial Africa ranging under five feet (1.5 meters) in height

an unusually small person

bonobo

a small hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis synonym Choeropsis liberiensis) of western Africa and especially Liberia that may reach a weight of nearly 600 pounds (270 kilograms)

a rare anthropoid ape (Pan paniscus) that has a more slender build and longer limbs than the related common chimpanzee (P. troglodytes) and that inhabits a small geographic region in equatorial Africa south of the Congo River —called also pygmy chimpanzee