English Explanatory Dictionary

mannikin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several passerine bird species of the genera Lonchura, Heteromunia, Spermestes, Lepidopygia, and Mayrimunia, of the Old World.
  2. Alternative spelling of manikin (little man).

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mannikin.wav

Word forms

mannikin mannikins

Etymology

From Dutch manneken, Middle Dutch mannekijn.

Related words

finch manakin munia

Derived words

African mannikin black-and-white mannikin black-breasted mannikin black mannikin bronze mannikin brown-backed mannikin buff-bellied mannikin chestnut-breasted mannikin dwarf mannikin eastern alpine mannikin Forbes's mannikin great-billed mannikin grey-banded mannikin grey-crowned mannikin grey-headed mannikin hooded mannikin Hunstein's mannikin Madagascan mannikin Madagascar mannikin magpie mannikin New Britain mannikin nutmeg mannikin pearl-headed mannikin pictorella mannikin red-backed mannikin Sclater's mannikin Snow Mountain mannikin streaked mannikin striated mannikin western alpine mannikin white-rumped mannikin yellow-rumped mannikin
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