"mannikin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mannikin.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mannikins [plural]
Etymology: From Dutch manneken, Middle Dutch mannekijn. By surface analysis, man + -ikin. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|nl|manneken}} Dutch manneken, {{uder|en|dum|mannekijn}} Middle Dutch mannekijn, {{surf|en|man|-ikin}} By surface analysis, man + -ikin Head templates: {{en-noun}} mannikin (plural mannikins)
  1. Any of several passerine bird species of the genera Lonchura, Heteromunia, Spermestes, Lepidopygia, and Mayrimunia, of the Old World. Translations (bird): manikki (Finnish), munia (Finnish), mniszka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-mannikin-en-noun-a6Szp5CV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ikin, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Weaver finches Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ikin: 53 47 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Weaver finches: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'bird': 100 0
  2. Alternative spelling of manikin (little man). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: manikin (extra: little man)
    Sense id: en-mannikin-en-noun-QJ0Fmv0J Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ikin Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ikin: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: finch, manakin (taxonomic: Pipridae spp.), munia (taxonomic: Lonchura spp.)
Derived forms: African mannikin (taxonomic: Lonchura spp.), black-and-white mannikin (alt: Spermestes bicolor), black-breasted mannikin (taxonomic: Lonchura teerinki), black mannikin (taxonomic: Lonchura stygia), bronze mannikin (alt: Spermestes cucullata, syn. Lonchura cucullata), brown-backed mannikin (alt: Spermestes bicolor subsp. nigriceps), buff-bellied mannikin (taxonomic: Lonchura melaena), chestnut-breasted mannikin (taxonomic: Lonchura castaneothorax), dwarf mannikin (taxonomic: Lepidopygia nana), eastern alpine mannikin (taxonomic: Lonchura monticola), Forbes's mannikin (taxonomic: Lonchura forbesi), great-billed mannikin (taxonomic: Lonchura grandis), grey-banded mannikin (taxonomic: Lonchura vana), grey-crowned mannikin (taxonomic: Lonchura nevermanni), grey-headed mannikin (taxonomic: Lonchura caniceps), hooded mannikin (taxonomic: Lonchura spectabilis), Hunstein's mannikin (taxonomic: Lonchura hunsteini), Madagascan mannikin, Madagascar mannikin (taxonomic: Lepidopygia nana), magpie mannikin (alt: Spermestes fringilloides), New Britain mannikin (taxonomic: Lonchura spectabilis), nutmeg mannikin (taxonomic: Lonchura punctulata), pearl-headed mannikin (alt: Spermestes griseicapilla), pictorella mannikin (taxonomic: Heteromunia pectoralis), red-backed mannikin (alt: Spermestes bicolor subsp. nigriceps), Sclater's mannikin (taxonomic: Lonchura spectabilis), Snow Mountain mannikin (taxonomic: Lonchura montana), streaked mannikin (alt: Mayrimunia spp.), striated mannikin (taxonomic: Lonchura striata), western alpine mannikin (taxonomic: Lonchura montana), white-rumped mannikin (taxonomic: Lonchura striata), yellow-rumped mannikin (taxonomic: Lonchura flaviprymna)

Inflected forms

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