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Added 9 October 2026

mannikin

noun

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Any of several passerine bird species of the genera Lonchura, Heteromunia, Spermestes, Lepidopygia, and Mayrimunia, of the Old World.
Alternative spelling of manikin (little man).

Origin

From Dutch manneken, Middle Dutch mannekijn. By surface analysis, man + -ikin.

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