"manbird" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: manbirds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} manbird (plural manbirds)
  1. Alternative form of man-bird. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: man-bird
    Sense id: en-manbird-en-noun-TAW88HPp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2014, William M. Miller, Eugene Ely, Daredevil Aviator (page 122)",
          "text": "Aviators needed the space, he said, especially in cases of emergency. \"If there should be any accident or a sudden descent, the manbirds would not want to fall onto an automobile or onto the heads of spectators.\""
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