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English, German, French, and Dutch : metonymic occupational name for a cloak maker or a nickname for someone who wore a cloak of a particularly conspicuous design, from Anglo-Norman, Middle High German, Old French, and Middle Dutch mantel ‘cloak’, ‘coat’ (Late Latin mantellus).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : probably from German Mantel or Yiddish mantl ‘coat’, which are related to 1 above.German : topographic name from Middle High German mantel ‘Scots pine’.
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English and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Mantel.
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A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having rudimentary wings and incapable of flight. Notornis Mantelli was first known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a few individuals were found living on the southern island. It is supposed to be now nearly or quite extinct.
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A gallinule (Notornis Mantelli) formerly inhabiting New Zealand, but now supposed to be extinct. It was incapable of flight. See Notornis.