from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
manikin
n 1: a person who is very small but who is not otherwise
deformed or abnormal [syn: {manikin}, {mannikin},
{homunculus}]
2: a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too
fat to be a mannequin" [syn: {mannequin}, {manikin},
{mannikin}, {manakin}, {fashion model}, {model}]
3: a life-size dummy used to display clothes [syn: {mannequin},
{manikin}, {mannikin}, {manakin}, {form}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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