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Definition of Manikins
1. manikin [n] - See also: manikin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manikins
Literary usage of Manikins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History and Bibliography of Anatomic Illustration in Its Relation to by Ludwig Choulant, Mortimer Frank, Fielding Hudson Garrison, Edward Clark Streeter (1920)
"E: SCHEMATA OF THE MALE VISCERA IN BLOODLETTING manikins OF THE FIFTEENTH ...
Many other bloodletting manikins have been given in ..."
2. Argentine Ornithology: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine by Philip Lutley Sclater, William Henry Hudson (1888)
"... or manikins are nearly altogether confined to the tropical portions of the
Neotropical Region, where they number about 70 species. ..."
3. Aspects of Death and Correlated Aspects of Life in Art, Epigram, and Poetry by Frederick Parkes Weber (1918)
"Larvae and skeleton-manikins of Roman times. The upper figure is from an original
little jointed skeleton made of bronze (British Museum), the arms and legs ..."
4. The Art of Taxidermy by John Rowley (1898)
"Large saurians should be mounted by means of modelled manikins, constructed on
the same general principles as the ones already described for large mammals. ..."
5. A Voyage Up the River Amazon: Including a Residence at Pará by William Henry Edwards (1847)
"... Brazilian forest—Sporting—Toucans—Chattere;s--Motmots— manikins—Humming-birds—Snake
stories—Absence of ..."
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