pygmy

[US]/'piɡmi/
[UK]/ˈpɪɡmi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 小人; 非常に小さな身長の人
adj. 身長が小さい; ピグミーの人々に関連する
Word Forms
複数形pygmies

Real-world Examples

Pygmy hogs are no bigger than rabbits.

ピグミーハッグはウサギより大きくありません。

Source: BBC documentary "Our Planet"

They were long known as pygmies.

彼らは長い間ピグミーとして知られていました。

Source: Financial Times

Home to the pygmy three-toed sloth.

ピグミーの三本指のナマケモノの生息地。

Source: Earth's Pulse Season 2 (Original Soundtrack)

The pygmy hedgehog is the smallest of all hedgehogs.

ピグミーハリネズミはすべてのハリネズミの中で最も小さいです。

Source: National Geographic (Children's Section)

We could fit the smallest monkey, the pygmy marmoset, on here.

ここに最も小さいサル、ピグミーマーモセットを乗せることができます。

Source: Reel Knowledge Scroll

There are only a few hundred pygmy sloths in existence.

現存するピグミーのナマケモノは数百匹しかいません。

Source: Earth's Pulse Season 2 (Original Soundtrack)

And this pygmy elephant will grow to be nearly three metres tall.

そしてこのピグミー象はほぼ3メートルの高さに成長します。

Source: The secrets of our planet.

And though it's taken a while, pygmy goat Pipsqueak is fitting right in.

時間がかかりましたが、ピグミー山羊のピプスキークはすぐに馴染んでいます。

Source: Growing Up with Cute Pets

Pygmy hogs were thought to have died out in the 1960s.

ピグミーハッグは1960年代に絶滅したと思われていました。

Source: VOA Special English: World

Keeping the pygmy hogs and the breeding centers secure is especially important now, Deka said.

ピグミーハッグと繁殖センターの安全を確保することは、今特に重要ですとデカは言いました。

Source: VOA Special English: World

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