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"text": "Amongst foodgrains, as we travelled from the green South and East towards the dry North and West, the pygmy crop of rice gave way to the tall bajra and jowar.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Like a pygmy; unusually short or small for its kind."
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/pɪɡmiː/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-pygmy.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/33/En-us-pygmy.ogg/En-us-pygmy.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/En-us-pygmy.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "pygmyish"
},
{
"word": "dwarfish"
},
{
"word": "pigmy"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Pygmies"
],
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}
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