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Meaning of "pygmoid" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PYGMOID

pygmoid  [ˈpɪɡmɔɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PYGMOID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pygmoid is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PYGMOID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pygmoid in the English dictionary

The definition of pygmoid in the dictionary is a pygmy.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PYGMOID


agamoid
ˈæɡəˌmɔɪd
cormoid
ˈkɔːmɔɪd
cosmoid
ˈkɒzmɔɪd
dermoid
ˈdɜːmɔɪd
desmoid
ˈdɛsmɔɪd
epidermoid
ˌepɪˈdɜːmɔɪd
ethmoid
ˈɛθmɔɪd
haemoid
ˈhiːmɔɪd
hexagrammoid
ˌheksəˈɡræmɔɪd
isthmoid
ˈɪsθmɔɪd
leukemoid
luːˈkiːmɔɪd
marasmoid
məˈræzmɔɪd
nystagmoid
nɪˈstæɡmɔɪd
pigmoid
ˈpɪɡmɔɪd
plasmoid
ˈplæzˌmɔɪd
prismoid
ˈprɪzmɔɪd
sesamoid
ˈsɛsəˌmɔɪd
sigmoid
ˈsɪɡmɔɪd
sphygmoid
ˈsfɪɡmɔɪd
zymoid
ˈzaɪmɔɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PYGMOID

pyet
pygal
pygarg
pygidia
pygidial
pygidium
pygmaean
Pygmalion
pygmean
pygmies
pygmy
pygmy chimpanzee
pygmy glider
pygmy marmoset
pygmy possum
pygmyish
pygmyism
pygostyle
pyic
pyin

WORDS THAT END LIKE PYGMOID

android
asteroid
avoid
celluloid
colloid
cymoid
devoid
factoid
ginglimoid
hemoid
humanoid
paranoid
Polaroid
rheumatoid
solenoid
steroid
tabloid
thyroid
typhoid
void

Synonyms and antonyms of pygmoid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pygmoid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PYGMOID

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The translations of pygmoid from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pygmoid» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

pygmoid
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pygmoid
570 millions of speakers

English

pygmoid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pygmoid
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pygmoid
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pygmoid
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pygmoid
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pygmoid
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pygmoïde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pygmoid
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pygmoid
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pygmoid
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pygmoid
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pygmoid
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pygmoid
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pygmoid
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पायगामॉइड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pygmoid
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pygmoid
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pygmoid
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pygmoid
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pygmoid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pygmoid
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pygmoid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pygmoid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pygmoid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pygmoid

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PYGMOID»

The term «pygmoid» is barely ever used and occupies the 201.321 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PYGMOID» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pygmoid

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PYGMOID»

Discover the use of pygmoid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pygmoid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Population Structure and Human Variation
The lack of sufficient genetic information prevents us extending the multivariate approach to other Pygmoid populations. At the ABO locus, genetic differences between a number of Pygmy or Pygmoid versus agriculturalists pairs have been  ...
Geoffrey Ainsworth Harrison, 1977
2
A Historical Geography of Ghana
The Gagu of the Ivory Coast, formerly considered to be a possible remnant of a Pygmoid race, are now regarded as true Negroes, in spite of their relatively short stature. See G. P. Murdock, Africa: Its Peoples and their Culture History (New York ...
Kwamina B. Dickson, 1969
3
The Human Lineage
Jacob and his co-workers argue that some of the unusual features of the specimen (negative chin and rotated premolars) are features often found in pygmoid people living in the Liang Bua region today. In their view, the Liang Bua people ...
Matt Cartmill, Fred H. Smith, 2011
4
Australian Languages
Part IV, Comparative Dictionary of Australian Pygmoid Languages, is a wordlist of Dyirbal and neighbouring languages of the Cairns rainforest region; as already mentioned, this part is solely the work of Fr. Worms. Here again words from all of  ...
Hermann Nekes, Ernest Ailred Worms, William McGregor, 2006
5
Yupa Folktales
data favor an interpretation of differences in terms of survivals from a distinct pygmoid culture type (Laffer 1959). Scattered throughout my field notes are references to the behavior and conduct of the pygmoid Yupa by which they are ...
Johannes Wilbert, 1974
6
Archaeology: Indonesian Perspective : R.P. Soejono's Festschrift
In Africa, of course, are found many living nano- and microsomic tribes. They are the prototype of the term pygmies, sometimes also called Negrillos. They lived mostly in the Ituri forest of Zaire, but pygmoid tribes are also found in South Africa,  ...
Truman Simanjuntak, 2006
7
The Biologising of Childhood: Developmental Psychology and ...
Like his pygmoid ancestor, the modern 8 to 12,year,old is happy and well adjusted to his physical environment. Such activities as hunting, fishing, and roving were appropriate and to be encouraged (in the boy. at least). As a contemporary of ...
John R. Morss, 1990
8
Austronesian Diaspora and the Ethnogeneses of People in ...
Some of them are very tall in stature, whereas others are pygmies, with tall, medium, short, and pygmoid in between. Classification may group them in different clines, grades, local or geographical races, subspecies, even species, if one ...
Truman Simanjuntak, Ingrid Harriet Eileen Pojoh, Muhamad Hisyam, 2006
9
Alan Lomax: Selected Writings, 1934-1997
Progressive Party presidential campaign, 7 Promise, Martha, 52 Prothero, Allen, 63 pub singers, 136 Public Broadcasting System (PBS), 329 Putnam, Dr. Herbert, 65, 176 Pygmoid folk song styles, 133 Pygmoid song style, 103 Bushmen song ...
Ronald Cohen, 2003
10
Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development
They were then infiltrated by Dyirbal speakers from the south and by speakers of Djabugay and Yidinj from the north, explaining the strong linguistic boundary through the middle of the pygmoid rain forest region. Note that there is a Yidinj ...
Robert M. W. Dixon, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PYGMOID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pygmoid is used in the context of the following news items.
1
揭秘小矮人“森林之子”的8岁性
... 并不是一个种族,这一名称源于古希腊人对于非洲中部侏儒的称法,后来人类学泛指男性平均身高不足150公分(59吋)的人种,稍高的称为类俾格莫伊人(Pygmoid)。 «中网资讯中心, May 14»
2
In search of the indigenous little people of northern Australia
... separate groups — the Barrineans the first of them, “Negrito” pygmoids, who reached Australia 40,000 years ago, to be followed by two later incoming waves. «The Australian, May 14»
3
Napoleon Dynamite
As a clan, we are pygmoid. The women aren't fazed by this. The men, however: Smallness becomes us. One of my grandfathers, a machinist and a saint, really, ... «Grantland, Jun 13»
4
Chillin' on Wheels | District Skates Skate Boards
The boards come in three types, the Model A, the Pygmoid and the Pygmy. Each type of board has its own shape and style. While these decks are almost too ... «stupidDOPE.com, Mar 13»
5
Anthropological affiliations of the Pre-Vijayan and Post-Vijayan …
... introduced the finer arts of agriculture and good living into an Island heretofore the abode of such primitive races as the Veddhas and the pygmoid Negritos. «Lankaweb, May 12»
6
Pygmies: "old" populations, and a new "look" (?)
To put my own cards on the table I lean toward the proposition that the “pygmoid” body plan emerges when populations are driven to the margins, or, are being ... «Discover Magazine, Apr 12»
7
Busia's Perspective on African Society and Culture
Since the end of the Paleolithic period, Africa has been inhabited by five races: Bushmanoid, Caucasoid, Mongoloid, Negroid and Pygmoid. These races are ... «Myjoyonline.com, Feb 12»
8
Pygmies are short because nature made them so
And as noted in the paper Pygmoid morphology is found among other hunter-gatherer tropical populations. This may not be a human ancestral type, but it is a ... «Discover Magazine, May 11»
9
הפיגמים: הכירו את החולייה שבין השימפנזה לאדם
בספר ( Peoples and Culture of Uganda (1997 התייחס אליהם ריצ'רד נזיטא בלעג כאל גזע נחות, וכינה אותם פיגמואידים (Pygmoid), קבצנים ופושטי יד, חמסני יבולים, גנבים ואפילו ... «ynet ידיעות אחרונות, Mar 11»
10
Lovely bones
... some additional microcephalic humans, a "pygmoid" excavated elsewhere on Flores, and various H. sapiens, including pygmies from the Andaman Islands. «The Monthly, Aug 09»

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