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dwarf

adjective as in miniature, tiny

noun as in (in folklore) a small being having magic powers

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Pygmy hippos, otherwise known as dwarf hippos, are native to West Africa and experts believe there are only about 2,500 left in the wild worldwide.

From BBC

This would dwarf the 208 they overhauled against the same opposition in Lahore in 1961.

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Richard Posner and Frank Easterbrook, two judges appointed by Ronald Reagan, have influence numbers that dwarf those of Murphy and St. Eve.

From Slate

The idea of casting little people had previously proven controversial after Emmy winner Peter Dinklage called out the “hypocrisy” of Disney being “very proud to cast a Latino actress as Snow White” while telling a “backward” story that makes caricatures of dwarf people.

As well as the Sun there are eight planets, five officially named dwarf planets, hundreds of moons, thousands of comets, and more than a million asteroids.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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