noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of several passerine bird species of the genera Lonchura, Heteromunia, Spermestes, Lepidopygia, and Mayrimunia, of the Old World.
2. 2
   a life-size dummy used to display clothes wordnet
3. 3
   Alternative spelling of manikin (little man). alt-of, alternative
4. 4
   a woman who wears clothes to display fashions wordnet
5. 5
   a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

dummyfashion modelformhomunculusmanakinmanikin

Etymology

From Dutch manneken, Middle Dutch mannekijn.

Related phrases

African mannikinForbes's mannikinHunstein's mannikinMadagascan mannikinMadagascar mannikinNew Britain mannikinSclater's mannikinSnow Mountain mannikinblack mannikinblack-and-white mannikinblack-breasted mannikinbronze mannikin

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