pigmy
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Pigmy hippopotamuses, red pigmy buffaloes, pigmy elephants, swift little hairy-horned okapi all lurk in the tangled, humid fastness of the Belgian Congo's deep Itura Forest.
From Time Magazine Archive
Harry fish-peddler, who looked like a pigmy in the ring with his 6-ft. yin. 270-lb. opponent.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet on Madagascar, the extinction of giant lemurs and pigmy hippopotamuses did not occur until within the past 1,000 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
Butte looked at Clark's youngest son, now in his early 50's, saw the same crested dome, pigmy stature, ruddy face.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lad had walked cautiously across the veranda, sniffed inquiry at the blinking pigmy who gallantly essayed to growl defiance up at the huge welcomer—and from that first moment he had taken her under his protection.
From Lad: A Dog by Albert Payson Terhune
