mannikin

Plural: mannikins

Noun

• A small model of a human body, used for display.
• a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
• a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
• a life-size dummy used to display clothes
• Any of several passerine bird species of the genera Lonchura, Heteromunia, Spermestes, Lepidopygia, and Mayrimunia, of the Old World.
• Alternative spelling of manikin (little man).

Examples

• Building a large word is like dressing a MANNIKIN; each letter carefully chosen and placed.

Synonyms

fashion model, form, homunculus, manakin, manikin, mannequin, model

Related Words

finch, manakin, munia