mannikin
mannikin · mannikins
Any of several passerine bird species of the genera Lonchura, Heteromunia, Spermestes,…Any of several passerine bird species of the genera Lonchura, Heteromunia, Spermestes, Lepidopygia, and Mayrimunia, of the Old World.
Meaning
1 sensesAny of several passerine bird species of the genera Lonchura, Heteromunia, Spermestes, Lepidopygia, and Mayrimunia, of the Old World.
More definitions
- a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
- a life-size dummy used to display clothes
- a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Dutch manneken, Middle Dutch mannekijn. By surface analysis, man + -ikin.From Dutch manneken, Middle Dutch mannekijn. By surface analysis, man + -ikin.
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