Definition of "manakin" []

• Any of various small colorful birds of the family Pipridae, found in forests of Central and South America. (noun)

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• "But lance-tailed manakin males cooperate in spectacular courtship displays with unrelated partners."
• "The bird example is the Araripe's manakin (Antilophia bokermanni), a wonderful bird recently discovered on the forest slopes of Chapada do Araripe."
• "Gradually his ear became accustomed to the roar, and, above its mighty undertone, he could hear the whisper of the wind among the shrubs, and the hum of myriad insects; while the rock manakin, with its saffron plumage, flitted before him from stone to stone, calling cheerily, and seeming to lead him on."