Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Linnean genus of birds, formerly including many heterogeneous species, now restricted to certain manikins, and made type of the family Pipridæ.
- noun [lowercase] A species of this or some related genus; a manikin. See cut under
Manacus .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small clamatorial birds belonging to Pipra and allied genera, of the family
Pipridæ . The male is usually glossy black, varied with scarlet, yellow, or sky blue. They chiefly inhabit South America.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any member of the
bird genus Pipra ; amanakin .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Pipridae containing the typical manakins
Etymologies
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From the genus name.
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