manakin

American  

[man-uh-kin] / ˈmæn ə kɪn /

noun

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

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manakin British  

/ ˈmænəkɪn /

noun

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

2. a variant of manikin

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Etymology

Origin of manakin

Variant of manikin

Example Sentences

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manakin

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

He was astonished to find that the source was a male club-winged manakin, a small cinnamon-bodied species with a red cap and black-and-white mottled wings.

From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2019

You describe the wing sounds of manakin birds during courtship as “like feedback from an elfin guitar.”

From National Geographic ● Jun. 18, 2017

Of the genus Pipra one: the blue and yellow manakin, not common in Yucatan.

From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. by Stephens, John L.