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Cephus pygmaeus
Wheat sawfly Wheat sawfly (a) A small European sawfly (Cephus pygm[ae]us) whose larva does great injury to wheat by boring in the stalks. (b) Any of several small American sawflies of the genus Dolerus, as D. sericeus and D. arvensis, whose larv[ae] injure the stems or heads of wheat. (c) Pachynematus extensicornis, whose larv[ae] feed chiefly on the blades of wheat; -- called also grass sawfly.
Cerphalopus pygmaeus
Kleeneboc Kleene"boc` (kl[=e]n"b[o^]k`), n. [D. kleen little, small + bok buck.] (Zo["o]l.) An antelope (Cerphalopus pygm[ae]us), found in South Africa. It is of very small size, being but one foot high at shoulder. It is remarkable for its activity, and for its mild and timid disposition. Called also guevi, and pygmy antelope.
S pygmaea
Nuthatch Nut"hatch`, n. [OE. nuthake. See 2d Hack.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of birds of the genus Sitta, as the European species (Sitta Europ[ae]a). The white-breasted nuthatch (S. Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch (S. Canadensis), the pygmy nuthatch (S. pygm[ae]a), and others, are American.
T pygmaeus
Kanchil Kan"chil, n. [Malay canch[=i]l.] (Zo["o]l.) A small chevrotain of the genus Tragulus, esp. T. pygm[ae]us, or T. kanchil, inhabiting Java, Sumatra, and adjacent islands; a deerlet. It is noted for its agility and cunning.

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- b. subsp. jaegeriana (the Jaeger Joshua tree or Jaeger's Joshua tree or pygmae yucca), though both are sometimes treated as varieties or forms. Y.b. subsp...
- i c g Cuterebra pulchra Bau, 1930 Cuterebra pusilla Bau, 1931 Cuterebra pygmae Bau, 1931 Cuterebra rubiginosa Bau, 1931 Cuterebra ruficrus (Austen, 1933)...
- remains frozen about 3 months; it has a width of 37 leagues. 80°N,70°E Pygmae hic habitant 4 ad summum pedes longi, quaemadmodum illi quos in Gronlandia...
- most outlying mountain region we are told of the Three-Span (Trispithami) Pygmae who do not exceed three spans, that is, twenty-seven inches, in height;...