hobbit

noun6

1. •
   A member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet.

   • It was his thirty-third birthday and already he had […] a little round tummy like a hobbit — 2008
2. •
   An extinct species of hominin, Homo floresiensis, with a short body and relatively small brain, fossils of which have been recovered from the Indonesian island of Flores.

   • Although partial remains of other Hobbits have surfaced at the same site, they say it could have been an isolated colony of inbred people who shared the same genetic abnormalities. — 2007
3. •
   (humorous) A person of short stature.
4. •
   (US, slang) A socially unappealing, overly academic student.
5. •
   A Welsh unit of weight, equal to four Welsh pecks, or 168 pounds.
6. •
   (no longer used) An old unit of volume (2+¹⁄₂ bushels, the volume of 168 pounds of wheat).