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manakin
Sounds like manikin, mannequin
Where it comes from
Generally thought to derive, like manikin, from Middle Dutch mannekijn. Compare French manakin, German Manakin. Doublet of manikin and mannequin.
noun manakins
- Any of several small Central and South American passerine birds of the family Pipridae.
- Alternative form of manikin 18??, James Napier, Folk Lore: Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland Within This Century After a time, he was surprised to see the hopper beginning to go, and, looking up, he saw a little manakin holding a little cappie in his hand and filling it at the hopper.
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noun bird of the family Pipridae
| 日本語 | 舞子鳥 maiko-dori |
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