mannikin

See also: Mannikin

English

A mannikin

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch manneken, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch mannekijn.

Pronunciation

• Homophones: manakin, mannequin

Noun

mannikin (plural mannikins)

1. Alternative form of manikin (little man)
2. Any of several Asiatic passerine bird species of the genus Lonchura.

See also

• munia (Lonchura spp.)

References

• Munia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lonchura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lonchura on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons