A cat is a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings. From LearnThat.org. [Oliver Herford (1863-1935)]
If a man stand but five feet eleven inches in his shoes, shall he be called a pygmy?. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Cicero Volume One] Reference
The term pygmy is sometimes used in modern language to refer to one who is very short of stature. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
And what a moral pygmy is today's Guardianista compared to his counterpart of 70 years ago. From Wordnik.com. [January 18, 2004] Reference
Real-life gremlin – aka the pygmy tarsier – has been rediscovered. From Wordnik.com. [Nunc Scio » Blog Archive » Nunc Scio’s linkmania – 11/19/08] Reference
Bonobos, also called pygmy chimps, are close genetic relatives of chimpanzees and humans. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference
Another challenge to Wrangham's theory is Pan paniscus, otherwise known as the pygmy chimp, or bonobo. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American] Reference
That old red in tooth and claw line comes to mind while reading the latest on bonobos, sometimes called pygmy chimpanzees. From Wordnik.com. [Knight Science Journalism Tracker] Reference
The Amazon Basin pygmy guppy?. From Wordnik.com. [One Out of Five Ain't Bad] Reference
Horses and small animals, such as pygmy goats, are allowed. From Wordnik.com. [Prince William supervisors send back bid to allow chickens] Reference
The president called him a "pygmy" and compared him to "a spoiled child at a dinner table.". From Wordnik.com. ['I Sniff Some Politics'] Reference
This predates the disappearance from the Soa Basin of 'pygmy'. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
A 'pygmy', and not even full grown, and it was like the size of a house!. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream? ? Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
When I returned home I wrote the single word "pygmy" on a sticky note to remind me to look that up some day. From Wordnik.com. [Summit Daily News - Top Stories] Reference
They are also called pygmy chimps. From Wordnik.com. [Kanzi Plays Ms. Pac-Man] Reference
"They represent a veritable pygmy animal world," says Bingham. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
I got a little pygmy standing next to me dressed just like me. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Burt Reynolds Discusses His Career in Showbiz - February 23, 2000] Reference
Neither of these gentlemen is a pygmy when compared with Hillary. From Wordnik.com. [Sizing Up The Candidate] Reference
I wasn't really aware of the pygmy-marmoset problem, and now I know. From Wordnik.com. ['Peace, Happiness' and G. Love] Reference
I don't see any snakes, but there could be some very angry pygmy pigs. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 7, 2002] Reference
THESE ARE AMONG THE THINGS Kanzi, a bonobo or "" pygmy '' chimp, can do. From Wordnik.com. [Aping Language] Reference
Adorable animals being adorable interlude: A newborn pygmy hippopotamus. From Wordnik.com. [Wonkbook: Goolsbee to head CEA, Voinovich backs small business aid; yuan(na) fight?] Reference
And we've had some fun, like the time we met the bonobos, or pygmy chimpanzees. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 18, 2006] Reference
They are so small in stature that by some scholars they are classed with pygmy peoples. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
Publisher Evans denies the rivalry: "I don't regard myself in competition with their pygmy.". From Wordnik.com. [The Descent Of Man] Reference
Its shape bore not a little similarity to the human hand, though of the smallest pygmy size. From Wordnik.com. [The Short-story] Reference
A heavy, stealthy tread, as of some big animal, was crushing the pygmy bushes near the tent. From Wordnik.com. [Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods] Reference
And about the clouded leopards caught on one of the cameras, and the pygmy kingfisher caught in a net. From Wordnik.com. [TV review: Excluded and Lost Land of the Tiger] Reference
France watched the giant and the pygmy fighting together, and learned several lessons while she was watching. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas] Reference
They probably form merely a branch of the pygmy race of Equatorial Africa, represented farther west by H. von. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
There are pygmy hippos, Cape buffaloes, cheetahs, orangutans, South African hunting dogs and five subspecies of zebras. From Wordnik.com. [Saving The Rare Rhinos Of Bohemia] Reference
The words sounded as remote as if the speaker bestrode some peak of the Chiricahuas to address a pygmy in a canyon below. From Wordnik.com. [Rebel Spurs] Reference
This video from CBS News shows an adorable and rare baby pygmy hippopotamus that was recently born at Wroclaw Zoo in Poland. From Wordnik.com. [Pygmy Hippopotamus Born In Wroclaw, Poland (VIDEO)] Reference
YOU KNOW THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM: THE European Union may be an economic superpower, but it is a political and military pygmy. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Intentions] Reference
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