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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
manakin
    n 1: a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too
         fat to be a mannequin" [syn: mannequin, manikin,
         mannikin, manakin, fashion model, model]
    2: a life-size dummy used to display clothes [syn: mannequin,
       manikin, mannikin, manakin, form]
    3: any of numerous small bright-colored birds of Central America
       and South America having short bills and elaborate courtship
       behavior

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Manakin \Man"a*kin\, n.
   A dwarf. See Manikin. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Manakin \Man"a*kin\, n. [Cf. F. & G. manakin; prob. the native
   name.] (Zool.)
   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-colored, and others have the wings and tail curiously
   ornamented. The name is sometimes applied to related birds of
   other families.
   [1913 Webster]

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