manakin
/man-uh-kin/US // ˈmæn ə kɪn //UK // (ˈmænəkɪn) //
马纳金,马纳基,芒果,鬃毛虫
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of several small, songless passerine birds of the family Pipridae, of the warmer parts of the Americas, usually having brilliantly colored plumage.
Examples
The curious black umbrella-bird is entirely confined to it, as is also the little bristle-tailed manakin.
When I encounter one of these people some fine day in a hotel, I act like the birds, who see a manakin in a field.
The miller was so frightened that this time he let him go; but, in a few minutes, the manakin returned again with his cappie.
Manakin, man′a-kin, n. a small tropical American piproid bird: a variant form of manikin.
I stood with a tanager in one hand, a lovely manakin in the other, thinking.
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