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Manikin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A man short in stature.

n. A mannequin.

n. An anatomical model of the human body for use in teaching.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Alternative spelling of mannequin.

n. a short person

n. a life-size anatomical model used as a teaching aid

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A little man; a dwarf; a pygmy; a manakin.

n. A model of the human body, made of papier-mache or other material, commonly in detachable pieces, for exhibiting the different parts and organs, their relative position, etc.

n. A mannequin.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A little man; a dwarf; a pygmy.

n. A model of the human body, used for showing the structure, form, and position of the various organs, limbs, muscles, etc., or adapted and used for practising bandaging or for performing certain obstetrical operations, as delivery with the forceps.

n. An artists' model of the human figure. See lay-figure and manequin.

n. A non-oscine passerine bird of the subfamily Piprinæ.

Like a manikin; artificial.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

n. a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal

n. a life-size dummy used to display clothes

Word Usage

"I'd always wondered if there was a term for this kind of thing, and it turns out there is: 'manikin'."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

small person dummy

Form

Manikin Pis

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

dwarf Pygmy manakin mannequin

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

externality mannikin