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English Dictionary: Manikin by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Manikin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
manikin
n
  1. a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
    Synonym(s): manikin, mannikin, homunculus
  2. a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too fat to be a mannequin"
    Synonym(s): mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, fashion model, model
  3. a life-size dummy used to display clothes
    Synonym(s): mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, form
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Manikin \Man"i*kin\, n. [OD. manneken, dim. of man man. See
      {Man}, and {-kin}.]
      1. A little man; a dwarf; a pygmy; a manakin.
  
      2. 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.
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