MANIKIN


Meaning of MANIKIN in English

/man"i kin/ , n.

1. a little man; dwarf; pygmy.

2. mannequin.

3. a model of the human body for teaching anatomy, demonstrating surgical operations, etc.

Also, mannikin .

[ 1560-70; manneken, equiv. to man MAN 1 + -ken -KIN. See MANNEQUIN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .