bantam
/ˈbæntəm/ noun C2- Any of several small chickens, especially of a breed that is a miniature version of another breed.
- A competitor in an age division between peewee and midget.
- A postage stamp much smaller than usual, notably the UK 1870 halfpenny, and some WW2-era South African issues.
Plural bantams
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There, in the warm litter above the melons, very cunningly hidden, he found twenty-five eggs, about the size of a bantam’s eggs, but with whitish skin instead of shell.
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