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BANTAM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of various small breeds of fowl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bantam" is a kind of...):

domestic fowl; fowl; poultry (a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Very small

Example:

the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy

Synonyms:

bantam; diminutive; flyspeck; lilliputian; midget; petite; tiny

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

little; small (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

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