pigmy

noun

pig·my

less common spelling of pygmy

often capitalized : any of a race of dwarfs described by ancient Greek authors

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

a(1)

: an unusually small person

(2)

: an insignificant or unimpressive person

an intellectual pygmy

: something very small of its kind

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Of the 46 species of snakes known in Georgia, only six are venomous: copperhead, cottonmouth, Eastern diamondback rattlesnake, timber/canebrake rattlesnake, pigmy rattlesnake and Eastern coral snake. —