mannikin
See also: Mannikin
English
Etymology
From Dutch manneken, Middle Dutch mannekijn.
Pronunciation
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Homophones: manakin, mannequin
Noun
mannikin (plural mannikins)
- Any of several passerine bird species of the genera Lonchura, Heteromunia, Spermestes, Lepidopygia, and Mayrimunia, of the Old World.
- Alternative spelling of manikin (little man).
Derived terms
- African mannikin (Lonchura spp.)
- black-and-white mannikin (Spermestes bicolor)
- black-breasted mannikin (Lonchura teerinki)
- black mannikin (Lonchura stygia)
- bronze mannikin (Spermestes cucullata, syn. Lonchura cucullata)
- brown-backed mannikin (Spermestes bicolor subsp. nigriceps)
- buff-bellied mannikin (Lonchura melaena)
- chestnut-breasted mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax)
- dwarf mannikin (Lepidopygia nana)
- eastern alpine mannikin (Lonchura monticola)
- Forbes's mannikin (Lonchura forbesi)
- great-billed mannikin (Lonchura grandis)
- grey-banded mannikin (Lonchura vana)
- grey-crowned mannikin (Lonchura nevermanni)
- grey-headed mannikin (Lonchura caniceps)
- hooded mannikin (Lonchura spectabilis)
- Hunstein's mannikin (Lonchura hunsteini)
- Madagascan mannikin, Madagascar mannikin (Lepidopygia nana)
- magpie mannikin (Spermestes fringilloides)
- New Britain mannikin (Lonchura spectabilis)
- nutmeg mannikin (Lonchura punctulata)
- pearl-headed mannikin (Spermestes griseicapilla)
- pictorella mannikin (Heteromunia pectoralis)
- red-backed mannikin (Spermestes bicolor subsp. nigriceps)
- Sclater's mannikin (Lonchura spectabilis)
- Snow Mountain mannikin (Lonchura montana)
- streaked mannikin (Mayrimunia spp.)
- striated mannikin (Lonchura striata)
- western alpine mannikin (Lonchura montana)
- white-rumped mannikin (Lonchura striata)
- yellow-rumped mannikin (Lonchura flaviprymna)
Translations
little man — see manikin
See also
References
- Munia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Lonchura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Lonchura on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons