MANNIKIN

mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, form

(noun) a life-size dummy used to display clothes

mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, fashion model, model

(noun) a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; “she was too fat to be a mannequin”

manikin, mannikin, homunculus

(noun) a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mannikin (plural mannikins)

Alternative form of manikin (little man)

Any of several Asiatic passerine bird species of the genus Lonchura.

Source: Wiktionary



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