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manneken
2 English words descend from Dutch
manneken
, most common first.
manikin
A little man (sometimes as a term of endearment).
mannikin
Any of several passerine bird species of the genera Lonchura, Heteromunia, Spermestes, Lepidopygia, and Mayrimunia, of the Old World.