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Bantam

A variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs, probably brought from Bantam, a district of Java.

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Little 84% connected

Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Little 84% connected

Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Small 84% connected

Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Small 84% connected

Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Fowl 76% connected

Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Poultry 76% connected

Domestic fowls reared for the table, or for their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Diminutive 92% connected

Below the average size; very small; little.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Flyspeck 92% connected

A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Lilliputian 92% connected

One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's "Voyage to Lilliput."

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Midget 92% connected

A minute bloodsucking fly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Tiny 92% connected

Very small; little; puny.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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