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manakin::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fashion model, manikin, mannequin, mannikin, model |
| Type of | helper, help, assistant, supporter |
| Has types | supermodel |
manakin::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | tyrannid |
Examples of manakin
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Adult male lance-tailed manakin on a branch.
From the sciencedaily.com
In relatively recent times in the evolution of life, some manakin birds of Central America split into two groups.
From the sciencedaily.com
A case of someone too thick to for a innovative start up earning money by being a creep and a souless corporate manakin.
From the guardian.co.uk
Not so for the lance-tailed manakin.
From the sciencedaily.com
Another segment features the sparrow-size manakin, whose wings make a rhythmic clicking sound during his energetic courting dance.
From the sltrib.com
He found an orange-crowned manakin.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
Great curassow, resplendent quetzal, and long-tailed manakin fall into this category while also having very intriguing vocalizations.
From the guardian.co.uk
Male manakin birds, found in the American tropics, often take on an apprentice to help them perform their enthusiastic dances and aid in attracting a mate.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Mannequin: a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too fat to be a mannequin"
- Any of numerous small bright-colored birds of Central America and South America having short bills and elaborate courtship behavior
- The manakins are a family, Pipridae, of small suboscine passerine birds. The family contains some 60 species. They are distributed through the American tropics. The name is from Middle Dutch mannekijn 'little man' (also the source of the different bird name mannikin).
