manx : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: manx	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for manx
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Manx adj of or relating to the Isle of Man or its inhabitants or their language; "the Manx fishing industry"; "there are few Manx speakers alive today" n the ancient Gaelic formerly spoken on the Isle of Man; the language is sometimes used on ceremonial occasions a short-haired tailless breed of cat believed to originate on the Isle of Man Synonym(s): Manx, Manx cat
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Manx \Manx\, a. Of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants; as, the Manx language. {Manx cat} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of domestic cats having a rudimentary tail, containing only about three vertebrae. {Manx shearwater} (Zo[94]l.), an oceanic bird ({Puffinus anglorum}, or {P. puffinus}), called also {Manx petrel}, {Manx puffin}. It was formerly abundant in the Isle of Man.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Manx \Manx\, n. The language of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man, a dialect of the Celtic.