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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A man short in stature.
  2. n. A mannequin.
  3. n. An anatomical model of the human body for use in teaching.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A little man; a dwarf; a pygmy.
  2. n. A model of the human body, used for showing the structure, form, and position of the various organs, limbs, muscles, etc., or adapted and used for practising bandaging or for performing certain obstetrical operations, as delivery with the forceps.
  3. n. An artists' model of the human figure. See lay-figure and manequin.
  4. n. A non-oscine passerine bird of the subfamily Piprinæ. Manikins are generally small, thick-set, and of brilliant plumage; with few exceptions, they are natives of the hottest parts of America. They feed on vegetable and animal substances, and are lively and active in their movements. The bearded manikin, Manacus manacus, is black, with the breast, neck, and tuft of feathers on the chin white. The species are numerous, and the sexes are diverse in color and often in form, the males of many having curiously shaped wings or tail. The name sometimes extends to all the Pipridœ, and to some members of the related family Cotingidœ. See cut under Manacus. [In this sense usually manakin, conformably with the New Latin Manacus.]
  5. Like a manikin; artificial.

Wiktionary

  1. n. alternative spelling of mannequin.
  2. n. a short person
  3. n. a life-size anatomical model used as a teaching aid

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A little man; a dwarf; a pygmy; a manakin.
  2. n. A model of the human body, made of papier-mache or other material, commonly in detachable pieces, for exhibiting the different parts and organs, their relative position, etc.
  3. n. A mannequin.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
  2. n. a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
  3. n. a life-size dummy used to display clothes

Etymologies

  1. Dutch mannekijn, from Middle Dutch, diminutive of man, man; see man-1 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • mollusque A small man; a dwarf or pygmy. Sep 28, 2008

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