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manakin

/ˌmænəˈkɪn/
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Other forms: manakins

Definitions of manakin
  1. noun
    a life-size dummy used to display clothes
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    type of:
    dummy
    a figure representing the human form
  2. noun
    a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
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    types:
    supermodel
    a fashion model who has attained the status of a celebrity
    type of:
    assistant, help, helper, supporter
    a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
  3. noun
    any of numerous small bright-colored birds of Central America and South America having short bills and elaborate courtship behavior
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    type of:
    tyrannid
    a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni
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