Dwarf (disambiguation)

Dwarf (disambiguation)

The term dwarf (from Old English "dweorg", "dweorh"; akin to Old High German "twerc") may refer to:

* Someone with the condition of dwarfism
* A dwarf in fantasy fiction
** Dwarfs (Discworld)
** Dwarf (Middle-earth)
** Dwarves in Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Trilogy
** Dwarf (Dungeons & Dragons)
** Dwarves (Warcraft)
** Dwarfs (Warhammer)
* a creature in Norse mythology, specifically:
** Norse dwarves
** Svartalfar
*the novel "The Dwarf" by Pär Lagerkvist
* a dwarf plant
* a dwarf rabbit
* a form of size classification in astronomy, for instance:
** a dwarf star, also known as a main sequence star
** subdwarf
** black dwarf
** brown dwarf
** red dwarf
** white dwarf
** a dwarf galaxy
** a dwarf planet
* dwarfing (a horticultural term)
* DWARF ("Debug With Arbitrary Record Format", a debugging data format)
* PYGMIES + DWARFS arguments

*Insular dwarfism is a biological term describing effects of population isolation.

The plural form dwarves may refer to:
*Dwarves (band)


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