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manikin


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  manikin 
  n  1:  a  woman  who  wears  clothes  to  display  fashions;  "she  was  too 
  fat  to  be  a  mannequin"  [syn:  {mannequin},  {mannikin},  {manakin}, 
  {fashion  model},  {model}] 
  2:  a  life-size  dummy  used  to  display  clothes  [syn:  {mannequin}, 
  {mannikin},  {manakin},  {form}] 




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