pygmy
noun
[ ˈpɪɡmi ]
• something that is very small.
• "they were pygmies compared to the current satellites"
Similar:
very small person,
little person,
person of restricted growth,
shrimp,
runt,
pint-sized person,
homunculus,
manikin,
Lilliputian,
fingerling,
thumbling,
midget,
dwarf,
pygmy
adjective
• used in names of animals and plants that are much smaller than more typical kinds, e.g. pygmy shrew, pygmy water lily.
Origin:
late Middle English (originally in the plural, denoting a mythological race of small people): via Latin from Greek pugmaios ‘dwarf’, from pugmē ‘the length measured from elbow to knuckles’ .
