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Etymology · Middle Dutch

mannekijn

3 English words descend from Middle Dutch mannekijn, most common first.

manikinA little man (sometimes as a term of endearment).
manakinAny of several small Central and South American passerine birds of the family Pipridae.
mannikinAny of several passerine bird species of the genera Lonchura, Heteromunia, Spermestes, Lepidopygia, and Mayrimunia, of the Old World.