Hypertext Webster Gateway: "manikin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Manikin \Man"i*kin\, n. [OD. manneken, dim. of man man. See
{Man}, and {-kin}.]
1. A little man; a dwarf; a pygmy; a manakin.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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