MANAKIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does manakin mean? 

• MANAKIN (noun)
  The noun MANAKIN has 3 senses:

1. a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

2. a life-size dummy used to display clothes

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

  Familiarity information: MANAKIN used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANAKIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman who wears clothes to display fashions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

fashion model; manakin; manikin; mannequin; mannikin; model

Context example:

she was too fat to be a mannequin

Hypernyms ("manakin" is a kind of...):

assistant; help; helper; supporter (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "manakin"):

supermodel (a fashion model who has attained the status of a celebrity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A life-size dummy used to display clothes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

form; manakin; manikin; mannequin; mannikin

Hypernyms ("manakin" is a kind of...):

dummy (a figure representing the human form)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("manakin" is a kind of...):

tyrannid (a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni)

Holonyms ("manakin" is a member of...):

genus Pipra; Pipra (type genus of the Pipridae containing the typical manakins)