What is meaning and origin of pygmies?

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∙ 12y ago

Updated: 8/20/2019

From Mythology (The Iliad) The Pygmies were a race of dwarfs who fought battles with cranes. From Latin Pygmaeus "a Pygmy", from Greek pugmaios "undersized", from pugmē "the length of the forearm."

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