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noun

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The correct spelling is manakin. Any of several small South American passerine birds of the family Pipridae.

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  1. 1.Any of several small South American passerine birds of the family Pipridae.
  2. 2.A little man (sometimes as a term of endearment).
  3. 3.A three-dimensional figure, dummy or effigy representing a man or person.
  4. 4.A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes
  5. 5.A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery

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