Manikin

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Manikin \Man"i*kin\, n. [Also spelled {mannikin}.] [OD.
     manneken, dim. of man man. See {Man}, and {-kin}.]
     1. A little man; a dwarf; a pygmy; a manakin.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A model of the human body, made of papier-mache or other


        material, commonly in detachable pieces, for exhibiting
        the different parts and organs, their relative position,
        etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A mannequin.
        [PJC] Manila

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  manikin
       n 1: a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed
            or abnormal [syn: {mannikin}, {homunculus}]
       2: a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too
          fat to be a mannequin" [syn: {mannequin}, {mannikin}, {manakin},
           {fashion model}, {model}]
       3: a life-size dummy used to display clothes [syn: {mannequin},
           {mannikin}, {manakin}, {form}]