manakin

American

[man-uh-kin] / ˈmæn ə kɪn /

noun

any of several small, songless passerine birds of the family Pipridae, of the warmer parts of the Americas, usually having brilliantly colored plumage.

manakin British

/ ˈmænəkɪn /

noun

any small South American passerine bird of the family Pipridae, having a colourful plumage, short bill, and elaborate courtship behaviour
a variant of manikin

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Etymology

Origin of manakin

Variant of manikin

Example Sentences

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Shortly after dawn, biologist Jorge Luis Mendoza Silva gently untangled a brilliant red, yellow and orange band-tailed manakin bird from a fine-mesh net.

From Reuters • Aug. 5, 2023

At the time, Prum had not fully developed his evolutionary theory of beauty, but he immediately suspected that the club-winged manakin was emblematic of nature’s capacity for pushing creatures to aesthetic extremes.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2019

Like the club-winged manakin, the túngara has a unique form of beauty that is not visual but aural.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2019

They are not solid, but they are 3-4 times wider than wing bones of closely related species of manakin.

From National Geographic • Jun. 18, 2017

The manakin answered, "It was Self did it."

From Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century by Napier, James

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