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mane

  [meyn]
–noun
1. the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
2. Informal. (on a human being) a head of distinctively long and thick or rough hair.
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Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE manu; c. G Mähne, D manen, ON mǫn

Related forms:
maned, adjective
maneless, adjective
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mane   (mān)   
n.  

  1. The long hair along the top and sides of the neck of certain mammals, such as the horse and the male lion.

  2. A long thick growth of hair on a person's head.


[Middle English, from Old English manu.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

mane 
O.E. manu "mane," related to mene "necklace," from P.Gmc. *mano (cf. O.N. mön, O.Fris. mana, M.Du. manen, Ger. Mähne "mane"), perhaps from PIE *men- "to stand out, project" (cf. L. eminere "to stand out," mons "mountain," Skt. manya "nape of the neck," L. monile "necklace," O.Ir. muin "neck," Welsh mwnwgl "neck," mwng "mane").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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