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man•u•code
(man′yə kōd′),USA pronunciation n.
- Birdsany of various birds of paradise of the New Guinea region, having dark, metallic plumage.
- an Indo-Aryan word; see deva)
- Malay manuk dewata bird of paradise (manuk bird + dewata gods
- French, shortening of Neo-Latin Manucodiata (origin, originally a genus name)
- 1825–35