mannikin
mannikin noun: any of several passerine bird species of the genera Lonchura, Heteromunia, Spermestes, Lepidopygia, and Mayrimunia, of the Old World. Also the alternative spelling of manikin.
Noun
mannikin (plural mannikins)
Also used as
mannikin is also the alternative spelling of manikin.
Forms of mannikin
| plural | mannikins |
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Origin of mannikin
From Dutch manneken, Middle Dutch mannekijn. By surface analysis, man + -ikin.
Words formed from mannikin
- African mannikin
- black-and-white mannikin
- black-breasted mannikin
- black mannikin
- bronze mannikin
- brown-backed mannikin
- buff-bellied mannikin
- chestnut-breasted mannikin
- dwarf mannikin
- eastern alpine mannikin
- Forbes's mannikin
- great-billed mannikin
- grey-banded mannikin
- grey-crowned mannikin
- grey-headed mannikin
- hooded mannikin
- Hunstein's mannikin
- Madagascan mannikin
- Madagascar mannikin
- magpie mannikin
- New Britain mannikin
- nutmeg mannikin
- pearl-headed mannikin
- pictorella mannikin
- red-backed mannikin
- Sclater's mannikin
- Snow Mountain mannikin
- streaked mannikin
- striated mannikin
- western alpine mannikin
- white-rumped mannikin
- yellow-rumped mannikin
Questions about mannikin
- What does mannikin mean?
- Mannikin means any of several passerine bird species of the genera Lonchura, Heteromunia, Spermestes, Lepidopygia, and Mayrimunia, of the Old World.
- What part of speech is mannikin?
- Mannikin is a noun.
- What is the plural of mannikin?
- The plural of mannikin is mannikins.
Words near mannikin in the dictionary
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