| 单词 |
pygmoid |
| 释义 |
pygmoid, a.|ˈpɪgmɔɪd|
[f. pygmy n. + -oid.]
Resembling a pygmy; having (some of) the characteristics of a pygmy. Also as n.
1933R. G. Austin tr. O. Menghin in Antiquity VII. 242 Mr Clark is perfectly correct in stating (p. 12) that I connect the Mughem men with the Grimaldi and Bushman types, treating them as pygmoid (not as pygmies). 1958Listener 2 Oct. 507/1 The majority of these little people whom you see outside the forests in the north-east [sc. of the Congo] are not pygmies. They are pygmoids, the offspring of a liaison between a pygmy and a normal-sized Negro. 1965E. E. Evans-Pritchard Theories Primitive Relig. v. 102 The Pygmies and Pygmoids of Africa and Asia. 1976Eveleth & Tanner Worldwide Variation in Human Growth vii. 190 In New Guinea where one encounters numerous short-statured populations there can be no clear separation of pygmoid groups. 1977P. Johnson Enemies of Society xvii. 226 The Veddas, a pygmoid people of primeval hunters living in the interior of Ceylon. |
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