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Definition of Manakin

1. Noun. A woman who wears clothes to display fashions. "She was too fat to be a mannequin"

2. Noun. A life-size dummy used to display clothes.

3. Noun. Any of numerous small bright-colored birds of Central America and South America having short bills and elaborate courtship behavior.

Definition of Manakin

1. n. Any one of numerous small birds belonging to Pipra, Manacus, and other genera of the family Pipridæ. They are mostly natives of Central and South America. Some are bright-colored, and others have the wings and tail curiously ornamented. The name is sometimes applied to related birds of other families.

2. n. A dwarf. See Manikin.

Definition of Manakin

1. Noun. Any of several small, passerine, South American birds of the family ''Pipridae'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Manakin

1. a tropical bird [n -S]

Medical Definition of Manakin

1. Any one of numerous small birds belonging to Pipra, Manacus, and other genera of the family Pipridae. They are mostly natives of Central and South America. Some are bright-coloured, and others have the wings and tail curiously ornamented. The name is sometimes applied to related birds of other families. Origin: Cf. F. & G. Manakin; prob. The native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Manakin

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Literary usage of Manakin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ancient Lowly: A History of the Ancient Working People from the Earliest by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1900)
"... Rich—Their Money Distributed among the Poor—Robbed Rich to Feed the Poor—Nabis Invents the Murderous manakin—An Infernal Machine in Woman's Form—Springs ..."

2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... tarsi moderate and slender ; toes long, the outer united to the middle to beyond the second joint; claws acute. The red manakin or chatterer ..."

3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"manakin, the name applied to the denti- rostral birds of the family ... of which the best known species is the orange manakin or cock of the rock ..."

4. A Catalogue of the Ashmolean Museum by Ashmolean museum, Philip Bury Duncan (1836)
"Rock manakin, m. and f. S. America. [JS Duncan. Subgen. ... Red and black manakin.—Brazil. [Miss M. 233. Pipra caudata, Shaw.—Long-tailed manakin.—Brazil. ..."

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